How to Build a Split-Rail Fence Like an Expert

[@keepmovingforward9775]

I love your tips on where to put your tools when working. It's those little details that make the project more pleasant.

[@myfixituplife]

Wow. Thank you. This is one of the things that we've tried to carry on from some of our pre-KZbin mentors...bosses that worked hard hand-nailing and working without tele-handlers. - Guys that used to write articles for the magazines we edited and the tradeshows we presented at. I don't mean to give you my life story, but without these people...these practitioners of ruthless efficiency and the "no look grab"...we'd have a lot less to say. We're only channeling them and not just what they taught us, but HOW they taught us to think.

[@livinginsouthernmaine]

great job

[@myfixituplife]

Thank you. This was a fun project.

[@hakes2]

Great channel

[@myfixituplife]

Thank you.

[@1classilady413]

Nice job. What’s the approximate cost of completing this project?

[@myfixituplife]

Thank you. All my projects are priced individually.

[@northernoutlier]

What were you using for the rails? Ate those 4 x 4s that you tapered?

[@myfixituplife]

Rails are not 4x4s. When you buy the fence package, the tapered rails come with it. - Here, I’m tapering rails for a short run. For typical runs, there is no need to taper. - Does this help?

[@northernoutlier]

@@myfixituplife Thank you. Answers my question. I am building a fence but buying lumber and figuring it out myself. Might have been easier to buy a kit.

[@myfixituplife]

@@northernoutlier no kit needed for split rail. Measure your rails.Mine are 10 1/2-feet I think. Center your post holes so they can accept the fence rail.

[@myfixituplife]

@@northernoutlier Glad to help. Call a local lumber yard or fencing supplier. In fact, the big fence I installers around me also retail their supply. They might even plan the fence for you if you bring them measurements and buy from them. They'll deliver, too. Worth checking into.

[@mikeveri7333]

The editing was driving me crazy. Seems chaotic and jumpy.

[@myfixituplife]

Thanks. When an opening for Editorial Director pops, we’ll let you know.

[@coachtim6188]

"Mr split rail fence inventor guy....or girl." I can assure you that the invention of the split rail fence was not made by a woman. Lol But hey, we gotta be politically correct no matter how absurd. 😂

[@myfixituplife]

How can can you assure me of that?

[@wayneguy6043]

It was a guy…..

[@myfixituplife]

Probably. On the other hand, the architect/engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge died of like gangrene or something after his foot got crushed on site. Any idea who finished that puppy?