Building the psuedo wrought iron fence.
This was a challenge and a body parts, but the results were just the effect needed to look real. The fence is made from lumber, slicing 1x4s longway to get the most out of the least amount of wood. The fancy fleurs are plastic and were bought online for about $ .30 each. (http://www.steelsupplylp.com) Not bad but since I needed 5 per fence section it added up quickly. The image below shows a fence section and support posts. BTW. As of today (9/2009) I have 40 fleurs left ...make me an offer if you have a diabolical use for them!
Each vertical section of the fence is actually 1/3 of a 1"x4". Slicing was done on a table saw. I used small finishing nails and glue tosecure them in place. The end posts with the skulls are separate and are the fence supports. Each are solid 2x2's with an eye hook twisted in at the same level of the top horizontal and bottom horizontal fence section. An "L" hook screwed into the ends of the fence section makes hanging the fence on the post easy. To make the 2x2 support posts stand upright I drilled out 18" holes on the bottom to accomodate a 36" piece of rebar. Thus all I need to do is tap the rebar halfway into the ground and slide the posts over them. Then I hang the fence on the posts. Done deal.
BTW again. I used black primer to spray paint the fence as lumber doesn't come in black.