Thread: PVC Fence Jig

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So here I am, four days before halloween, just finished my 8 new columns and now need to make over 50+ feet of PVC fence/fence. Depending on how you make it, you might find that you need to drill over 200+ holes! I just coudnt imagine measuring, marking, and what ever else you need to do to get them in the correct place at 11pm

Solution? PVC Fence Jig.

MAKE:
Take a foot of your fence materal and put side rails on it.
Drill one hole the size of your pvc pipe at one end and place a short pipe in it (it needs to be centered correctly).

Mount it to your drill press so that the drill come down on the other end the distace you want from from the first hole. (make sure youre centered on the wood correctly) and lock your drill press table so it dont move on you.

by now you shoud have this.


USE:
If needed, remove pipe and drill first hole (if starting from middle and working out)


or if exact distace of fence is not required. just start on one end, just push the board in till it hits the pipe and drill.


clean wood shavings with airgun, move new hole to pipe hole and place over pipe.


drill new hole, clean, put over pipe.


repete process till done.


If your using the push it in from the end to start method, when you get to the last hole, just tap the drill on the wood to get the ring mark, use the ring mark a cutting guide hack off the scrap at the end and it will match the other end.

My pipe was a tad lose so it is not 100 percent exact, but darn close!

If I was to remake this, the only thing i would change are the side rails by making them a tad shorter so the drill shavings could clean off eaiser. I had planned to drill two boards at one time, but just didnt work well for me.

Drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide..... new board....
Drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide..... new board....

200 holes later i start to wonder if EFX could figure out how to do this using a prop1......

OPPS ALMOST FORGOT ONE STEP.... eat home made cookies make by daughter!!!!!!! fresh out of the oven!

Drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide..... new board....
Drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide..... new board....

HA HA HA HA! So true for many of these projects. Great tutorial!

Thanks for the ideas.

I'll have to see if my love will help me with that last step may take a few practice runs. MMmmmmm coookkiieeesssss.
Oh my.... sorry about the crumbs.

nice! wish I had a drill press...
I needed 50 feet, and then I calculated how many holes I would need to drill!
So I just ended up buying a really nice fence off Ebay...wish I could remember the fellows name, he did a super-nice job

Great idea. I just drilled 21 of those 8 ft lengths, I drilled 3 at a time though.

Thanks for the idea! I ended up making a jig after the drilling for the correct fence height of the top and bottom railings. Worked out great and saved a lot of time in the end. But some how never remembered the fresh out of the oven cookies at the end... damn! LOL

This is going to save me a lot of time ... Thanks

Thanks now I have another use for the drill press instead of pinewood derby cars.

Originally Posted by Terra

Drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide..... new board....
Drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide..... new board....

HA HA HA HA! So true for many of these projects. Great tutorial!

So close, Terra. But you forgot a step:

Drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide . . . eat home-baked cookie . . .

New board . . . Drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide, drill, blow, lift, slide . . . eat home-baked cookie . . .

New board . . .