Greetings to all…
Yes, I know…it’s not cardboard…it’s wood and metal…but it’s definitely Christmas…
It's yet another project that has been on my unending list of things to make…my version of a vintage “bobby pin fence“…this interpretation borrowed details from several internet images…owing to the small size of my version, I have not included a gate…
The pictures that follow and pattern PDF show and tell the story of how the pieces are made and assembled…
Notes…very small screw eyes could be substituted for the shortened cotter pins…perhaps there are small, short threaded shaft “L hooks” that could be used in place of bent clothes hanger wire…I have seen what are know as “landscape fabric staples” in hardware stores and the big box home centers that might be substituted for the bent clothes hanger fence parts…but you’ll probably have to adjust the spacing of the holes in the rails…the rails could also be made from 3/8” x 3/8” square lengths of molding or craft wood…don’t use balsa wood…it’s not sturdy enough…
I used a Dremel(R) motor tool to drill all the holes…Gorilla(R) Super Glue was used to assemble this project…a two part epoxy cement would also work…
I plan to spray with a couple of coats of gray primer followed by red for the corner posts and green for the fence sections…it’s just a little too chilly here in north Florida this week for spray painting…
Stay tuned to see how this project turns out…
My very best regards…
Howard…
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