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66 • FEBRUARY 2014 • WORLD FENCE NEWS How do you create a monster? Start a fence company! continued from page 64 The DYNA MS600 swing style picket pointer is a simple machine to setup and operate for cutting pickets. It is a similar design as the MAR-SAL picket pointer. Boards and cants up to a total of 6" width can be pointed. Various point styles can be achieved with the MS600 such as french gothic, gothic, stockade and round dogear. Two air clamps hold the boards securely in place during the cutting process. TV, telephone and sprinkler company. They fill the far corner with flags, and proceed to spray paint the grass under and near the fence. I announce to them that they're too late – I cut all the lines everywhere I set a post. Where the hell were you before I started? You talk about shock value! You could have cut each one of 'ems throats and he wouldn't have bled a drop! But seriously (knock on wood), we never cut a line. We had no idea they were there to begin with and don't have a clue as to how we missed them. We start the last side, but something looks wrong. The string is 17" off the ground at one corner and 4" off the ground at the next corner. Where the hell did this hill come from? I'm going to have to stop wearing my "Damn if I know" hat on estimates! I never noticed the hill! So we "level it off" by dropping a board off as we go up the hill to keep the top level with the rest of the fence. The wife picks up on it right away, but I'm at a loss to explain to her the process of elimination. Her husband shows up just in the nick of time. He points out that the fence is the same height, it's just a METALfab 2014 coming up in March METALfab 2014, the annual convention and trade show of the National Ornamental & Miscellaneous Metals Association (NOMMA), is scheduled for March 12-15, 2014 in St. Charles, Mo. (near St. Louis and about one Many items in stock - caps, finials, rings, wall mounts, column bases ….. Custom made parts Short volume runs In-house tool & die shop Phone: 301-334-9100 Fax: 301-334-7846 www.cpalmerdiecastinginc.com board less on the bottom. I'll drink to that! Anyway, she is convinced and happy once more. He says, "She really doesn't understand. It's just the way I wanted it." I resist the temptation to ask who signs my paycheck – him or her – but I resist the temptation. We redo a few boards that have shrunk and nail on the last one. The "moment of truth" has arrived, as they say in bullfighting. I promised that the gates would blend in with the fence. Of course, I have no idea how to go about this. So when the going gets tough, the tough go for a coffee break. Which I do. On the way back, it hits me – use a 2x4 frame, horizontal shadow box, etc. It comes out real nice and blends in like I promised! A new type of wood gate thumb latch amazingly fits right in on one gate, but on the other gate it won't work, no matter how many times I hit it with a 20 lb. sledge hammer. Four hours later, I discover that my latch post is sinking into the ground. As soon as I redo it, the latch works fine. Well, as the man says, "You can't drive a nail with a sponge, no matter how many times you soak it." Soak what? The nail or the sponge? What the hell does that mean? I gotta get rid of that "Damn if I know" hat real soon. hour west of Chicago.) The location is the Embassy Suites, Two Convention Center Plaza, St. Charles, Mo. 63303. Phone 636-946-5544 for reservations. For complete details, visit www.nomma.org. Information is also available by email at nommainfo@nomma.org, by phone at 888-516-8585 or by fax at 888-279-7994. The event will include a one day continuing education class, product and equipment exhibits, a full education program, special guest speakers, a spouse program and auction. Also included will be the popular Top Job Contest where members vote for their choice of the top ornamental metal job of the year. The METALfab trade show floor will be open on Thursday, March 13, from 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. and Friday, March 14, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. The keynote speaker and class presenter on Wednesday, March 12 will be Sam Richter of SBR Worldwide/Know. He teaches "relevance acceleration" — how to tell your company's story in a manner that your buyer cares about and wants to hear. His custom programs provide new and innovative ways to find prospects, connect with people, and build powerful, meaningful business relationships.