Coffee stirrer fencing

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Glengrant

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I know this is very tiresome of me, but as I keep telling youse guys, I am an ops man, not an engineer. Have now acquired about 1,000,000 coffee stirrers I have tried to start making a bit of lineside fencing, but it is a disaster, looks awful. Can any of you perhaps who have done this sort of thing perhaps post a few pics and ideas? I know this has been done in the past, but I have long since lost any such posts. Sorry to be such a ninny, but that's what it's all about, we need some ninnys in this job otherwise we'd all be perfectionists
 
I haven't made any but from what I remember on previous discussions the secret was to make a jig that held the sticks in alignment so that the rails can be glued on and then panels placed as desired.... Someone demonstrated their jig too... Maybe try a search or hope that the original correspondent puts in their ideas...
 
Remember Cyril, perfectionists NEVER get it right!
 
Depends what type of fencing you are doing post and rail or paling type. I cut my coffee stirrers up using secateurs (is that spelt right?). As has been said, a simple jig is all that`s needed - a piece of ply as the base/back. a strip of wood as a base line so that all your palings will be fixed at the same height, decide where you want to position the horizontals and temporary fix them to the ply. then start applying the palings (at 90 degrees to the horizontal.

I just glue the first one (Balsa cement is quite fast drying), then use a stirrer as a spacer, glue the next one and mover the spacer on and so on. Yiu might have to use a a waterproof glue outside.

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The 'secret' is all in making a good jig. Every time I've done this sort of thing thinking I could get it right by eye I've done it twice...the second time using a jig ::)
 
Thanks all for your response, very helpful. It all boils down to what JR says, make a jig first. I would make a start on this outside today, but the lovely August temp has dropped to 12C, time to get the winter woollies out.
 
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