Ive not given sizes of stuff used as that depends on you
Here is a jig ive made for the making of picket fencing from coffee stirrers again this is a guide im sure you can make yours slightly different.
Made from off cuts of wood and a hand full of "the right sized" nails as spacers.. i laid a number of coffee stirrers along the jig with a nail between each one then clamped the nails in place with another peice of wood
no nails added to secure the nails
and another scrap of wood to seal it all together and act as a stand when not laid down....I then added the blue tape as a guide for placing the precut coffee stirrers ...it also stops them sticking to the wood when you glue it......when they are all laid out and glued i cover them with a sheet of plasticard (again to stop then sticking) and a plank of wood that then gets clamped in the vice over night
and you end up with this .....i havnt made any fence posts yet as i havnt got anything small enough
While im here the edging to the platform is simple as anything (allthough not in line) and not painted DOH! im also using it as road side kerbing and another bonus il show in the last picture
Its made by clamping a few lengths of square wood in a vice i bought a ton of it cheap from local wood auction
Then using a set square i marked out the kerb size i wanted
You could use a saw to cut the line across to form the gaps but this will leave a ruff edge and take of ever so........
out comes MR Angle grinder fitted with a thin metal cutting disc you only need the weight of the grinder to lightly score a line which is smooth and it takes seconds.....If you want to make kerbs then you need to unclamp everthing and turn each one 90% and line up and repeat as seen in the length on the one on the bench
But this lot im doing for another cunning plan
because if you then stagger each length in turn and take a fraction of each edge you get a cheap brick wall
Please feel free to add comments or your own mass produce tips
Here is a jig ive made for the making of picket fencing from coffee stirrers again this is a guide im sure you can make yours slightly different.
Made from off cuts of wood and a hand full of "the right sized" nails as spacers.. i laid a number of coffee stirrers along the jig with a nail between each one then clamped the nails in place with another peice of wood
no nails added to secure the nails
and another scrap of wood to seal it all together and act as a stand when not laid down....I then added the blue tape as a guide for placing the precut coffee stirrers ...it also stops them sticking to the wood when you glue it......when they are all laid out and glued i cover them with a sheet of plasticard (again to stop then sticking) and a plank of wood that then gets clamped in the vice over night
and you end up with this .....i havnt made any fence posts yet as i havnt got anything small enough
While im here the edging to the platform is simple as anything (allthough not in line) and not painted DOH! im also using it as road side kerbing and another bonus il show in the last picture
Its made by clamping a few lengths of square wood in a vice i bought a ton of it cheap from local wood auction
Then using a set square i marked out the kerb size i wanted
You could use a saw to cut the line across to form the gaps but this will leave a ruff edge and take of ever so........
out comes MR Angle grinder fitted with a thin metal cutting disc you only need the weight of the grinder to lightly score a line which is smooth and it takes seconds.....If you want to make kerbs then you need to unclamp everthing and turn each one 90% and line up and repeat as seen in the length on the one on the bench
But this lot im doing for another cunning plan
because if you then stagger each length in turn and take a fraction of each edge you get a cheap brick wall
Please feel free to add comments or your own mass produce tips
Makes it far less tedious and a lot more accurate!
