Anyone got a trick/way to build a fence on a slope? I'm presuming the posts need to be vertical/plumb. So one idea i had is to drill evenly spaced holes for the posts, glue them in vertically, and then glue horizontal boards as a split rail fence.
Also, any good ideas for barbed wire?
dave
Quote from: deemery on March 01, 2026, 07:43:44 PMAnyone got a trick/way to build a fence on a slope? I'm presuming the posts need to be vertical/plumb. So one idea i had is to drill evenly spaced holes for the posts, glue them in vertically, and then glue horizontal boards as a split rail fence.
Also, any good ideas for barbed wire?
dave
Dave, check out on line what military modellers use. I think some use jewelery wire.
The posts do need to be vertical (more or less, depending on who you imagine built the fence). Boards, wire etc. go on the animal side of the fencepost.
I can't see how to build any of the Abe Lincoln era split rail fence types out of place: Quality glue dispenser, tweezers, magnification. Take breaks.
Barb wire is easy. I use single strands pulled out of old lamp cord, tied around each post.
Where the slope doesn't change much, single long boards can run the whole length of the slope. A dot of glue and a clothespin clamp where the board crosses each post.
Not your era, I know: For sloping chain link I solder phosphor bronze wire posts and top pipe to suit the slope. Streak the hidden side of the posts with your favorite contact cement (mine is still Goo), then set the post/rail assembly atop a strip of tulle. I simulate woven wire mesh with plastic window screen the same way.