Fence post with vertical grooves in each face

[stonneway]

Hi chaps.

Doesanyone know where to get (in the UK) fence posts with vertical groves on each face ? What I want is a collection of posts, lined up, which i can then drop in wooden panels in between, and lift those panels out when i want to open up sections.

If you imagine taking a router and making a 1" deep, 1" wide groove vertically along each face of a fence post, and then getting 1" thick panels which will slot in those grooves when the posts are in the ground.

I dont have a router to do this with myself, nor do i have a decent workbence, nor know of anyone who has either, so i'm hoping to just buy the posts with the grooves in pre-made.

Any ideas where i can get some ?

Olly
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[Scrit]

A 25 X 25mm groove is way too much to make with a router in a single pass, so anyone doing it this way would be at it all day. What you are talking about is called an "H"-post and is generally re-inforced concrete, although there are some specialist fencing suppliers who carry these in stock in softwoods. Failing that any competent workshop joiner could machine these with ease on a spindle moulder using either a grooving head or a wobble saw.

Scrit

 

[stonneway]

The sizes were just for example, the panels can be any thickness at all.

So, given that the size of the groove isnt an issue, any idea where i can get them from ?

Olly

 

[Deluks]

Just use regular posts/fence fixed in with metclips a pair of pliers can be used to open up/close the clips so you can easily pop the fence out. If they break off then they're cheap to replace.

Or
these but I've no idea how they work

Why do you need to get the fence out? If it's gonna be a regular thing why not fix a hinge to the fence and a gate latch at the other end?[/url]

 

[stonneway]

long story !!!

Think more maze than fence !
:S

 

[Thermo]

why not use a 4 x 4 post, and a length of fencing batten each side of the panel. That way you can get them nice and tight to the panel to stop the rattle in the wind. It will be cheap to do and easy to source whenever you want to replace them. Also when you do come to replace them you can just pry the batten off, rather than having to slide the panel up and out which is always a job and a half.

 

[stonneway]

other half wants ... " a good job" and to fit in with the existing wood around the garden (shot myself in the foot by making use of decent wood elsewhere) :S

 

[Thermo]

If you get the stuff from a decent fencing supplier it will still look good as the wood will match.

 

[joe-90]

I agree with Thermo and the 4x4.
However, if I really wanted to do it as you seem to then I'd set a circular saw to cut two slots down the length of the post at the depth I wanted and use a mallet and sharp chisel to take out the waste. It would take about 5 minutes per post.

 

[masona]

Or you could use a wobbly saw blade but will need a decent saw bench for this. Joinery shop maybe able to make it for you.

 

[wanabechippie]

other half wants ... " a good job"

Bloody 'other halves' eh?!

 

[Scrit]

Or you could use a wobbly saw blade but will need a decent saw bench for this. Joinery shop maybe able to make it for you.

Wobble saws on saw banches aren't legal in trade places any more are they? Easier and safer to run the job on a spindle moulder - it's whay I'd do in my shop

Scrit

 

[masona]

Or you could use a wobbly saw blade but will need a decent saw bench for this. Joinery shop maybe able to make it for you.

Wobble saws on saw banches aren't legal in trade places any more are they?

Don't know, still got mine, I hardly use it now, not easy to do though