Winter Hiatus & New Projects

[El Barto]

First gate is pretty much done...

To hold it all together I put some very dry square oak pegs into round holes with the idea that the gates will dry around them.

 

[El Barto]

Finished and installed. Glad to have these out the door.

 

[Woody2Shoes]

Nice job, thanks for posting the pics, cheers, W2S

 

[MikeG.]

I like those. Very nice. Are they just swinging in metal hoops?

 

[El Barto]

Thanks fellas.

Yes just swinging, about an inch off the ground to avoid sitting in dirt etc.

 

[AndyT]

The gates you saw and liked had each piece split into two halves, which automatically made a matching pair. I'm guessing that you (sensibly!) avoided a lot of frustration and wasted material while you learned to split consistently and chose to make a pair with each part still in the round. Nevertheless, they still look lightweight but strong, and they match each other very well. I bet you enjoyed making them.