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Post by Catweasel » Wed May 30, 2012 9:44 am

The Domestic Authorities have now given permission for a line round the garden. The first section will be the terminus. This area will be about 10ft x 2ft 6". I'm thinking about basing the track plan on Wantage. I intend to use Metposts with fence posts cut down to give me a height of 1ft off the ground. The top will be either old scaffold boards or similar. Any advice would be welcome. Thank you.
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Post by Catweasel » Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:41 pm

I've got the basic terminus board built (3 metres x .9 metres) and will use fence posts to support it at 18" height. Any one recommend a way of supporting the posts so that they are rigid? Triangulating for example. Thanks.
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Post by MDLR » Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:26 pm

Put a nice long Metpost in the ground - them put a "bracket" made of thick ply across the top and use this to get a level!
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