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quick way to enlarge mortices in fence posts
flip flip flip!
Just got back from buying picket fencing elements to do front garden. Company now shut for bank holiday. The posts were machine morticed for rails but I now realise the holes cut are too small by 22mm one way and 18mm the other. What's the easiest way of making them correct size now? chisel and hammer? or what??? |
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quick way to enlarge mortices in fence posts
eden wrote:
flip flip flip! Just got back from buying picket fencing elements to do front garden. Company now shut for bank holiday. The posts were machine morticed for rails but I now realise the holes cut are too small by 22mm one way and 18mm the other. What sort of rails? If you are using arris rails (triangular cross section), the ends of the rails are usually tapered to fit the mortice. What's the easiest way of making them correct size now? chisel and hammer? or what??? What size are they now? -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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quick way to enlarge mortices in fence posts
eden wrote:
flip flip flip! Just got back from buying picket fencing elements to do front garden. Company now shut for bank holiday. The posts were machine morticed for rails but I now realise the holes cut are too small by 22mm one way and 18mm the other. What's the easiest way of making them correct size now? chisel and hammer? or what??? chisel & hammer, mortice jobbie, or saw the other bit to fit. But... are you sure you've got this right? NT |
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quick way to enlarge mortices in fence posts
Not sure at all!
Cant rails not Arris - Rail end size 87mm x 38mm.... mortice hole size 65mm x 20mm. I thought the idea was they just slotted in? |
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quick way to enlarge mortices in fence posts
eden wrote:
Not sure at all! Cant rails not Arris - Rail end size 87mm x 38mm.... mortice hole size 65mm x 20mm. I thought the idea was they just slotted in? Cant rails are surface fixed to the posts, arris rails fit between posts & have the ends tapered to fit the mortice. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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