Building a fence

[czechsonofagun]

Great job. Enjoyed this thread.

Thank you.

 

[czechsonofagun]

Operation cap stone. Tennessee lime stones for pillars: 20"x20"x6" - it comes to about 200 pounds. I bought them as Christmas present for my wife, she loves stones.

So far so good - but we shall see what my back will have to say tomorrow.

 

[czechsonofagun]

Two days later, the second cap stone is up. It takes four steps to get it six feet high.

I used water level and found out one column is shorter 1.5". I used thin bricks to build it up and I will just stucco over it.

 

[nap61]

Czech,
How did you lift the stone from one level to the next.

Norman

 

[czechsonofagun]

Czech,
How did you lift the stone from one level to the next.

Norman

Using slave labor - i.e. myself

 

[EddieWalker]

That really looks nice on top of your columns!!

 

[czechsonofagun]

That really looks nice on top of your columns!!

Thank you, Eddie.

 

[czechsonofagun]

Making progress. Slowly. I bought these hinges in Czech, but they are Made In Italy. Adjustable as needed. It was needed

 

[EddieWalker]

Gates look perfectly aligned. Will you add a diagonal brace across each gate to keep them square?

 

[ovrszd]

You do quality work. I'd consider you a Craftsman in this endeavor.

Being a Jeep freak, got a pic of yours??

 

[czechsonofagun]

Gates look perfectly aligned. Will you add a diagonal brace across each gate to keep them square?

That was the plan, just a 3/8" rod going corner to corner with a tensioner in the middle, but I decided I need to fasten boards in three places - I am putting another 2x2" horizontally. It will also keep the frame from sagging. Not as good as triangulation, but it looks better and works too.

 

[czechsonofagun]

You do quality work. I'd consider you a Craftsman in this endeavor.

Being a Jeep freak, got a pic of yours??

Thank you

1986 CJ7 with factory Dana 44, I drive it since 1998, bought it with 73 000 miles on it. Now it has 299 500 miles on the clock. This year I went Antique, I got tired of the inspection ********. In 2009 I got rear ended and replaced the frame and the tub. Also the original T5 died - ate the third gear, haha - so I replaced it with NP435 + Novak adapter. It has the 258 engine but TBI from Howell and HEI distributor from Chevy.

 

[Egon]

Nice work. Looks impressive. Old world impression.

Levers, jacks and blocks are for lifting by the old and frail like myself!

 

[ovrszd]

Prokop, thanks for the Jeep info. You are definitely a Jeep Guy. At one time I had 11. 3 left.

I bought an 81 CJ7 from a friend several years ago with 258 and Howell injection it ran great.

We offroad a lot and Jeep is the preferred vehicle because of their simpleness and dependability. We've evolved to caged buggies with Jeep engine/trans and big axles.

Thanks again for the pics and history of your Jeep.

 

[czechsonofagun]

It still needs an overlapping board for the middle and the top cut in half ellipse to match the little gate, but the gate is up and it closes and everything :dance1:

 

[EddieWalker]

Looks perfect!!!

 

[czechsonofagun]

Thank you! With my wife we put chairs right behind the gate and shared a bottle of wine .

 

[czechsonofagun]

I had lot of fun calculating ellipse points

Anyway, did the cut and final stain. The gate looks like it was always like this, that's what I call an invisible job. If you don't do it, everybody sees it but if you get it done, nobody will notice. Just like cutting grass, cleaning up, etc. - invisible jobs.

 

[EddieWalker]

Outstanding. Looks like you live in Beverly Hills!!!

 

[czechsonofagun]

Update:

In July, half of a huge maple came down and broke two fence posts and lot of wood planks. One week later I had the second half removed by a pro.

I am finally done with cleaning up the mess and ready to replace broken fence posts.