How to Make a Split-Rail Fence, by Rob Wolford 

I always wondered how these were made . Thanks for the video 👍

Well that was interesting, especially about the moving Armys taken the top rail,

Going to try my own split rails for fun and was looking for some tips. Thank you for sharing!

Appreciate your time and effort putting this tutorial together. Cheers 🍷 Long Island NY

Looking to construct this soon. Really helpful tips! Thanks!

Top notch video! Informative and well produced.

Extremely helpful and very informative!!

Great Video...!!!...You are a good teacher...I am going to line my long driveway with the zig zag fence...I am surely going to appreciate the gentleman who is going to make the rails for me...

Thanks for the history lesson at the end

Nice safety glasses :) thank you for sharing. I didn't have a father growing up so this information is truly appreciated. Thank you

April 2024 in Spain: i need to fence my property, but not allowed to use chainlink ( the Mayordom has decided to declare my region a tourist 'wild' designation. So i am basically having to be Disneyland for the toirists, but no reimbursement for fencing. Thinking of using the split rail technique, but obviously not investing that kind of effort in splitting oak. We have lots of oak, but i would not use it for hhe turists. Rather, we also havetons of snagly pines here, and we do have to cut them, about 15-20cm diameter, to thin them out or else our millennial olive trees get crowded out,and dwindle bcs of too much shade. Can I use the same construction technique or will i encounter problems? About how long will such log fences out of young pine will last?

Wonderful teacher! Nice presentation.

Haha "it's already partly rotted out". Yup I know that sound too

Thanks for making this video. Very informative.

Thanks Rob

Rob, nice! Consider cleaning up those well used wedges to remove the " mushroom" top edges. Fragments can come.off like a bullet injuring you or a bystander. I have a small shop where I can either use a hack saw and or grinder to dress off those edges.

Rob, loved the video and have some questions. Does this style rail fence have a name? And, when laying out this fence, what is the normal length of the horizontal rails and what angle are sections of rails to each other? Thanks

Great tutorial, ty! I know this thread is old, but wondering if anyone can answer a general question about when to split? Should the process be done only when logs are seasoned or does green timber work ok as well?

this is very helpful. thanks :)

Would a fence like this work for goats?

Will red oak hold up against rot

My husband used these plans from Woodglut and he is very pleased.

I've heard good feedback about the woodglut instructions.

Hmmm... I finally followed Ann's advice and took Stodoys. It's great for beginners and has some advanced stuff too.

safety first but ears doesn't matter for you just tissue is enough.

Great to see that woodprix has new instructions to save my money and energy to build it.

Nice touch adding the Historical about Solders useing for fire. Take only the top rail 🤣😂 you take top rail. Next guy takes top rail soon no rails. Just like the Military pointless orders.