Fenceman doing what fencemen do these days

[dooleysm]

After spending several days putting up a small fence to contain my dogs I have really learned to admire a good fence. I know a good fence when I see one, as it doesn't look anything like mine.

That's a pretty fence.

 

[forgeblast]

Hi Harv, I was wondering if you could tell us a little more about your fence streaching tool. I am going to be putting in 700 ft of slipboard fencing, but i am going to back it with red brand fence to keep the dogs in. I know the fence is going to be a pain, with the pa stone soil we live in /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif, to streaching the fence. That tool looks really good, from the looks of it i could use a comealong on my truck and streach it out good.
I have been to your site and really love the fence work that you do. I hope one day to forge a gate for my drive way. Thanks again,
forgeblast

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I'm running a little short on time because I'm getting ready to fly out for Leo's funeral. I'm flying out to Phoenix, rent a car and grab my dad, and then we'll drive over to El Cajon.

I'll be back here in the area Sunday.

The stretcher is somewhere here on tbn with some detailed photos. Basically there's a floating bar that the wire wraps around. The tighter you pull the tighter the grip.

I got tired of the two boards with the bolts rig.

This is the client driving the skid steer with my roll of wire handler. It makes handling the two hundred and eighty pound plus rolls of wire nothing but a thing. We just drive down the line.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

This is what it looks like from the west end looking east.

One of the problems dealing with five foot (58") V Mesh is it doesn't really like changing grade, especially in a short distance.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

But it will do what you want if you hold your mouth right. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I hope you can see the grade variation and how I handle it.

What I try to do is to eliminate the highs and lows and go for even rolls up and down and little of those as possible. Over time the grade will grow to the fence as the livestock runs along the fence.

In a couple of years the variation between the fence and the grade won't be noticeable.

 

[GaryBDavis]

Harv,

Sorry to hear about your friend. Your web site showed his talent.

I need to know what notcher you are using. I need one that will do 2 3/8 oilfield pipe which, as you know, can be a bit heavier.

Thanks.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Gary I have a Vogel. But I've tried schedule eighty (oil field tubing ) with it and it won't work.

You can do a search for Vogel and give them a call. Their notcher might work fine in hydraulic press for the heavier tubing because my limitation was backside. I didn't have enough of it to do the notch in the schedule eighty with the manual press (12 ton).

Give me a call tomorrow. I carry my cell 972 741 6132.

 

[AlanB]

Harv, have you seen the notcher from Williams Low buck tools?

Is that vogel what you would go with again, or would you do something different?

I need to come learn from you for a week when I get some vacation again after summer.

I can say for myself, and I think for many others, that I really appreciate all your writeups and sharing of your work.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I carry the Vogel and a Low Buck on the truck. The Vogel is for two inch (2 3/8) schedule forty pipe and is wonderful for that. The Low Buck is set up for 1 1/4 (1 5/8) and 1 1/2 (1 7/8) .

The Low Buck is one great notcher. I've had mine since 1988 and think it's the cat's meow for smaller pipe. I think Williams is one of the smartest men to ever walk the face of the earth. But it isn't made to notch anything bigger than schedule twenty 2 (2 3/8) which is about .095 wall. And it doesn't like it much at that.

Yesterday a fax came in from these guys. They've got a very interesting product line. I've never seen dies available for six inch schedule pipe before. Their dies for pipe look a lot like Vogel's.

I see a lot of people looking for stuff and ideas that I had to locate without the internet back in the day. I know that if I'd had some of that information available to me I would have accomplished more by now. So I do try to share anything I've come across to help people who make things.

We're in this all together. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif