Fence Post #4

The heatwave has somewhat discouraged lengthy outdoor work, but there's still some progress to report.

The post and rails for the first section are pretty much done and tested in situ.

The aris rail tenons were fitted to the mortises on the post at the wall end, and the gate post clamped in place to measure the final length of each rail.

The tenons are cross-cut with a hand saw and then split and pared with a 1" chisel.

I'm pleased with the good fit of the rails and that everything is pretty level, plumb and square!  The finished height will be reduced by about 6" once the gate post is driven home, and the wall post is cut down accordingly.  The render needs levelling out and a lick of paint before fitting the post.

A little of the roughness of the sawn timber has been removed with a Stanley #80 scraper plane, but not so smooth that the final timber treatment would have trouble penetrating the surface.