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« on: March 27, 2008, 08:31:02 am » |
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Mandi and I have become real familiar with cedar sap and a miter saw this past week. Here is the beginning of our most recent project. Tying the cedar or nailing with fence staples goes pretty fast. About 20-25' per hour. Cutting each board to the proper length is what has been slowing down progress. We have ~30' of fence done, with a remaining ~500' left to do.   |
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« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2008, 10:10:01 am » |
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Looks real good man. I know that has to be tedious but it is going to look sharp when you get done. Looks good and provides privacy, I like it.
Matt
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« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2008, 10:30:10 am » |
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Tedious is right, and when the wind shifts I manage to get cedar sawdust in my eyes, but I like the end result enough that it is worth it to me.
I am thinking that the cedar round pen will make a decent pen for working the pups in too.
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« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2008, 10:33:00 am » |
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Good point! How is the lumber supply holding? Is it going farther then you thought or are you already running out?
Matt
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« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2008, 11:13:15 am » |
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The initial load has produced enough lumber at this point to cover 1/2 of a 50' diameter round pen or roughly 75'long x 6' high, and provide ~75' of 4' tall fencing.
One more load should finish the round pen, and an additional 75' of 4' fence. Each load after that should handle ~150' of 4' fence with 2' of waste per board.
Running a 4' fence, the material cost will run roughly .40 per foot.
Cost at this point is 40.00 for the lumber, and about 20.00 for 12ga galvanized tie wire.
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« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2008, 11:33:20 am » |
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THat looks good...  |
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« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2008, 11:46:37 am » |
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Thanks Brute. Most of my project look a lot better in my head than I can accomplish with my hands. This one has turned out just like I envisioned. I keep looking at it trying to figure out what I am doing wrong that I just have not figured out yet  |
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« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2008, 05:26:35 pm » |
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Chris, the fence looks great! when you get done there you can always and and start over here. How do you attach the wire to the wood, steeples? That yalla horse in the background looks pretty too |
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« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2008, 09:13:50 pm » |
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How dry are the planks? If they are still green how much do you think they will shrink in size? I put up a fence one using green boards and during the summer they shrunk and in some spots had 1 inch gaps. the boards were toughing when I secured them. I like the looks of your fence.
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next time I shave my Ass, we are gonna have to glue it on them slick haired ones.
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« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2008, 09:22:31 am » |
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Krystal, I thought you might recognize that ol nag He thinks he is a beauty queen now, gets rinsed and groomed just about daily. The short fence was attached with fence staples to the existing cattle panels. Flatbroke, The planks are a little green, though I am not too concerned about gaps between them. It might be hard to tell in the pictures, but the sides of most of the boards are irregular anyhow. If the sides were planed, I might be inclined to dry out the boards, then install them. |
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« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2008, 04:56:54 pm » |
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Chris I have cedar logs holding up my front porch and cedar railings, I bought a cedar sealer at ace hardware that I put on them and they still look new they aernt fading and they still have that new shine to them but I dont know how well it will work on the rough side but if you strip them they'll look new for a long time.
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