Chris_belgium
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Finally started on my garden gate https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10169&highlight=
The wood i chose is Aphselia Doussie, since (according to my wood supplier) it is virtually immune to shrinking.
I need two gates, a small one for visitors (about 1m wide) and a large one for the driveway (about 5m wide).
I started with the small one, here are some pics, all comments and criticism are welcome but bear in mind that this is the first ever major woodworking I have done.
Dimensions are, 1m wide, 1.4m high
Main beams are 14,5cm high, 8cm wide
Boards are 14,5 cm high, 2cm wide
The gate isn't glued yet, it's just loose fitted now, the gap you see on top goes away when I tighten it with a ratchet strap around the gate.
Tenons on the main beam are 20mm thick, 60mm long. You can see that the wood is dirty from the transport in the back of my car, any suggestion of getting is clean again? I think sanding is the solution, any other ideas? The wood will not be treated in any way, no paint, oil, varnish or anything.
All the mortice and tenon joints were made with my trusty Bosh router. I made a jig out og mdf for every different tenon and mortice i needed. The making of the jigs went rather fast, I'm gonna junk them anyway after this project, so i just nailed them together with my nail gun. They worked perfectly.
Tenon jig
Mortice jig
The finished mortice
As you can see I have some tear outs (or whatever it's called)this is because of the low quality of my router bits and my saw blades, but i can't afford anything better right now, so this will have to do. Same problem when squaring the mortice corners, I don't have mortice chisel, only a regular chisel.
Finished tenon
This was the first tenon i did, and i messed up a bit when cleaning the tenon shoulders. Bought a small tenon saw, and hopefully the next ones will be a bit better. Even tough I am pretty proud of myself, because when i assemble the gate, it looks very good, with practically no gaps on the joints.
This is the steel structure I welded wich i am gonna fix aphselia boards to, to make a post to hang the small gate on.
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Now for the Questions.
- What glue do you guys recommend, i have searched this site and the web a bit, and my preference goes to Titebond II, good choice or is there a better glue for this?
- Is glue strong enough for a construction like this? Or should I also drawbore and dowel the mortices? What Diam dowel should I use?
- For fixing the boards to the steel structure of the post, would glue alone be OK or should I screw the boars to the steel? I'm thinking of using TEC7 glue for this, anyone have any good or bad experience with this glue? It comes highly recommended by my supplier.(wich offcourse is salesman talk
)
Thanks for your time, Christof
The wood i chose is Aphselia Doussie, since (according to my wood supplier) it is virtually immune to shrinking.
I need two gates, a small one for visitors (about 1m wide) and a large one for the driveway (about 5m wide).
I started with the small one, here are some pics, all comments and criticism are welcome but bear in mind that this is the first ever major woodworking I have done.
Dimensions are, 1m wide, 1.4m high
Main beams are 14,5cm high, 8cm wide
Boards are 14,5 cm high, 2cm wide
The gate isn't glued yet, it's just loose fitted now, the gap you see on top goes away when I tighten it with a ratchet strap around the gate.
Tenons on the main beam are 20mm thick, 60mm long. You can see that the wood is dirty from the transport in the back of my car, any suggestion of getting is clean again? I think sanding is the solution, any other ideas? The wood will not be treated in any way, no paint, oil, varnish or anything.
All the mortice and tenon joints were made with my trusty Bosh router. I made a jig out og mdf for every different tenon and mortice i needed. The making of the jigs went rather fast, I'm gonna junk them anyway after this project, so i just nailed them together with my nail gun. They worked perfectly.
Tenon jig
Mortice jig
The finished mortice
As you can see I have some tear outs (or whatever it's called)this is because of the low quality of my router bits and my saw blades, but i can't afford anything better right now, so this will have to do. Same problem when squaring the mortice corners, I don't have mortice chisel, only a regular chisel.
Finished tenon
This was the first tenon i did, and i messed up a bit when cleaning the tenon shoulders. Bought a small tenon saw, and hopefully the next ones will be a bit better. Even tough I am pretty proud of myself, because when i assemble the gate, it looks very good, with practically no gaps on the joints.
This is the steel structure I welded wich i am gonna fix aphselia boards to, to make a post to hang the small gate on.
.
Now for the Questions.
- What glue do you guys recommend, i have searched this site and the web a bit, and my preference goes to Titebond II, good choice or is there a better glue for this?
- Is glue strong enough for a construction like this? Or should I also drawbore and dowel the mortices? What Diam dowel should I use?
- For fixing the boards to the steel structure of the post, would glue alone be OK or should I screw the boars to the steel? I'm thinking of using TEC7 glue for this, anyone have any good or bad experience with this glue? It comes highly recommended by my supplier.(wich offcourse is salesman talk
)Thanks for your time, Christof
