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Yeah, it worked almost as well as the window screen and pins I picked up at home depot to make my first fence a while ago! LOL
Yeah, I thought they were a bit shiny too, but I was going off the prototype photos. I believe they were recently installed - I remember there being some older looking silos sitting on their side on the property a few months back - now they're gone.
This was the best picture I could find off the HD quickly... I know I got some better ones somewhere....
Thanks about the flag comment! The flag is just a mirrored double, printed on a photoprinter. I folded it over and shot some 3M 77 spray adhesive on it, then wrinkled it by hand a bit.
Kyle, newly installed aluminum silos are really shiny. I think they are made by Butler and they are just like their grain bins, nice and shiny when new.
Josh, I do flags by printing out two mirror images and then gluing them on a piece of aluminum foil. You can do then do some smooth flowing bends in the flag that really makes it look like they are being blown in the wind.
Pole spacing depends on what kind of poles. Communications poles (what used to be called telegraph or telephone poles) along a right of way are usually about 70 to 100 feet apart but that's really variable depending on how many lines the poles are carrying and the terrain. The one thing that's common for railroad communication poles is that they tend to be much shorter than the standard 40 foot height for electic distribution poles. They are also made for whatever wood the railroad can get cheap and the crews don't spend a lot of time worrying about whether or not they are straight. All these things tend to make railraod comunication poles lines look pretty sloppy. Electrical distribution poles have a standard spacing of 125 feet but that also varies depending on how many leased lines, like cable and telephone lines, are along for the ride.
Hi John,
This is my site and I'm the one guilty of not getting back to the "How-to" for this section. I'm currently working on a chain link fence for a module I'm building now. I'll be sure to get photos of the build and post a update when my site is updated.
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