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I want to cut some slots in fence posts - maybe half a dozen of them about 1 - 1.5m long. (It's to make a set of compost bins with sliding fronts.) Options seem to be
- Use a router. I don't own one and have never used one. That could make it expensive and dangerous (HSS want 60 quid for a weekend with one)
- Use a circular saw to cut parallel lines and then a chisel. That seems like it might be hard work and end up looking a bit rustic.
- Buy H shaped fence posts. Quick and easy but will look like I skimped on the job because I'll have raw edges since you can't buy them grooved one side. Also the channel will probably be too wide for the timber I want to put in it so it will rattle a lot in the wind. Even worse they only come in one length which is too short to halve so I might need to buy twice as many.
- Give in and buy a kit. They are surprisingly expensive for some treated wood and a few saw cuts.