Mortise And Tenon Fence Post

Often used in timber framing this tech.

Mortise and tenon fence post.

Fastenmaster prostar brad morse of uncarved block demonstrates cutting a traditional pegged mortise and tenon joint. Mortises in the 6x6 posts and tenons on the 10 horizontal 2x4 rails. Getting paid by the hour to do it his way. The fence posts are about 5 x 5 x 64.

A pt dowelled rail fence though more expensive offers more aesthetic value with the mortise and tenon rail system. During the 80 s i decided to build a mortised post and rail fence along my road frontage. The standard depth for a mortise is 3 and the standard width for a tenon is 2. Client wants a convex 4 wooden fence built on site with mortise and tenon joinery.

Pt post and rail is available in 2 3 and 4 rail systems where rails are secured with ring shank nails or lags. Again since there s no way to mark out the angle inside the uncut mortise kevin just tries to angle the chisel properly as he cuts out the wood and frequently tests the mortise with the tenon of a test brace. Just outside my village bkb manufacturing is a mill producing split western red cedar products. I would qtr 14 16 trees.

I wanted hefty posts not these skinny cedar posts you buy at the local home improvement store. Laid on their sides the mortices are drilled two at a time with the post moving a little such that each mortice is a compact row of 3 holes.