A friend wants to build a fence using round, 6" diam cedar posts and 1"x 6" pine or spruce boards.He wants to cut slots through the center of the posts (3 slots) that arejust large enough to slide the boards through. There are going to belots of posts - maybe 100 or more.How would you go about forming these slots? What sort of tool?

Oh My! That is a LOT of fence.Need a little more detail on how the fence is going to be built. Italmost sounds like the 1x6's are being put into the slotted holes. Isthis a solid panel privacy fence or a post and rail fence?RonBRon

Boy, that's a lot of slots. How bout boring a hole with a 1" drill bit on each end of the slot and using a saws-all to cut between them?..

Best way to cut vertical slots through round posts?

Aug 11, 2009 42 Replies

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whoknu 16 years ago

Your kidding right? a good Dresage horse wouldn't find it a challenge at all, and short of using a hot wire on the fence wouldn't discourage many a horse from eating their way through them.

Lee

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Jim Hall 16 years ago

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Bill Noble 16 years ago

how about start with half-posts - use a dado or table saw or other fast cutting saw to make the slots, then glue the posts together with a waterproof glue. That will be much faster than any other means and will give you nice square edged slots

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