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Judging and Competition Results

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Day 2 fencing competition! Modern Fence building Machines that do everything!

What happens here

With the 6-hour time limit expired, judges begin their detailed inspection of each fence. Jay Bird, a judge from Rockin' Z Fencing, explains that he is looking for plumbness, stability of posts and strainers, and adherence to specific tolerances for inward or sideways pressure. Jacob from Stillwater Fencing judges the wire and stapling quality. The narrator emphasizes that not only speed but also quality determines the winner, as point deductions are applied for imperfections. The winners, Front Row Fencing from England, are announced, having built a fence with exceptional craftsmanship despite some minor errors. The judges discuss how even small mistakes, like an improper brace cut, can impact scores. The winning team earns a trip to New Zealand to compete internationally.

Goal: After the build phase, judges inspect the completed fences, explaining the criteria and revealing the winners. The segment highlights the importance of quality over just speed and discusses lessons learned from the competition.

Tools and materials

  • Clipboard and Pens
  • Level

What they say

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pretty awesome what do you think there dudes I'm liking it so far with had us in the first half yeah it ain't how you play the first half the ball game it's the second half that counts right yes sir right on [Music] I knew you'd Miss must be one of I was going to miss a metric Hammer always guys this is a net wire stretcher bar from strain right these are called chain strainers that's how they pull it tight onto the fence and they'll tie a termination knot on the end right here once they get it pulled minutes all right guys 18 minutes to go there are a few guys that are still rocking the roll we only have two out of five finished right now and tensions are very high these two guys have never worked together before in their lives never ran one of these before never ran one of the machine before kick butt good job guys good job good job [Music] [Applause] man [Music] yeah 53427 all right guys so it's all done the judges are walking around get their judging done everybody came in under time so under the 6-hour mark absolutely awesome gorgeous fences here guys so we'll see you in just a little bit when we know who won and why they won it's the next day and we're here with Jay the lead uh judge no I guess I'm I'm I'm one of the judges one of the judges so uh first of all I know it's tough to judge your friends right because all these guys everybody knows everybody right yeah we all each we all know each other we're uh you know we're fairly tight-nit community and uh yeah it gets kind of difficult sometimes to to nitpick your friends work especially when it's really good work y so there there wasn't a fence out here that I wouldn't have paid money to have have on my farm so nice so a few things you were talking about Jay and I'll let you kind of take it a little bit from here uh so we've got this is called a rant brace is that right yeah this is a a pretty typical looking ran brace you've got a mortise and Tenon right here and then down on the other end I feel like it's the one of the strongest braces that you can build and it has fewer failure points than say an H brace with the twitch wire and it also um eliminates a a possible foot entrapment gotcha so so when we judge a fence like this you're you're looking not only at the how soon they got finished and this was Jessup Ranch fence and douche brown with Brown's fence out of South Carolina so North Carolina and South Carolina Guys these guys finish first however they probably should have gone back over and…

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