My latest hand tool project

What the heck is it?

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond, CA


>I'm stumped...

Not a farmer I see...

bill tindall


>It is one of many end braces I need to install for a high tensile fence such as can be seen on the left. Note the diagonal wire that privides tension to keep the posts from moving to the left, the direction the wire will be stretched from.

Drill two post holes, set posts and tamp firm, cut to length, notch to hold cross brace, cut and fit cross brace to length, wrap brace wire and tension it. All hand tool work, of sorts, and not very stimulating.

Not Baaaaahd at all.... :)

Rob Lee

I'll bet . . .

Steve Mackay


>its STILL there when the fence is done and gone ! It'll be on the bay in a hundred years !

Re: I'll bet . . .

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native, Presently Away


>It'll be a housing development long before 100 more years pass. :~(

T.O.

He says with a sheepish grin!

Derek

Re: Not a farmer I see...

paul womack


>Drill two post holes, set posts and tamp firm, cut to length, notch to hold cross brace, cut and fit cross brace to length, wrap brace wire and tension it. All hand tool work, of sorts, and not very stimulating.

Try digging post holes with a spade sometime! :-(

Post hole augers are wonderful, at least compared to the alternatives.

BugBear