Thread: putting holes in fence posts

try this link charlsie
Australia Axe Chainsaw Fencing Products and Fence Tools Australian Made Products
or get the pacific chain an tool catalog

you ll need to find chainsaw attachments the links right just trying to show the bits is hard

you nailed itsposs. thanks for that

Thanks for that Sneddan's link.

I do not come into this section that often now, but when I do I always come away with the help I need.

Thanks again to Bob and the rest of you for giving of your valuable time. It is really appreciated.

Pete

I was hoping to do a group buy on the Sneddan's bush Axe with a woodwork forums logo or some thing on it to celebrate the forum a while back but I got caught up in the bitichiness trying to remady that with going back to work

First place I've seen steel wedges - might have to give one a try...?

old bloke I knew who used to do a fair bit of fencing used to put wire holes through his posts with a .303 that he had sawn off would just stick the muzzle against the post and "BANG instant hole!

I know a fella who converted a drill press to take five or six bars bolted together and then plunged it into a post for post and rail fences

Originally Posted by Krunchie

I know a fella who converted a drill press to take five or six bars bolted together and then plunged it into a post for post and rail fences

basically a chain mortiser which i have one i have nearly finished my fence at my place 500 metres long in total out of macrocarpra

In my little mountain village, TRC Cedar Products makes post&rail fencing which they send off to market in km-long trains. The holes in the posts appear to have been made with 3 or 4 drillings with something like a Forstner bit, then shaved sort of smooth. The rails have milled ends to match, no idea how that's done.
This is Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata). Most logs are rotten in the core, leaving a wood "shell" some 10-12cm thick. They cut to length then crush the logs, sort out the chunks and resplit as necessary. While the process seems ridiculously simple, not a trick to try with hard woods.