rustyshakelford
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Fence looks great as does your place! You've been staying busy
Brett
Brett
Duck and Dog Fencing
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bindian
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Well, it was a busy weekend for me. Friday afternoon I finished this gate to the mailbox (while it rained) and hung it before dark.
Yesterday I finished the stretch of fence from the start of the driveway to the duck fence.
Then I made the 6 foot wide gate "lawnmower" gate beside the barn and hung it. I took it off the hinges this afternoon and put the wire on it.
hugs, Brandi
Yesterday I finished the stretch of fence from the start of the driveway to the duck fence.
Then I made the 6 foot wide gate "lawnmower" gate beside the barn and hung it. I took it off the hinges this afternoon and put the wire on it.
hugs, Brandi
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bindian
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Hey, you use what you got. Thanks! I think I have one bent more that that curved H brace. I'll look for it.
hugs, Brandi
hugs, Brandi
TomSeller
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Yes., gives it extra ,, uh,,, let me say,, "personality" that can't be duplicated. Very nice.
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mark02tj
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NICE work, as always, Brandi!!
I know I keep harping about those cedar posts that you and Eddie have such easy access to, but I'm so jealous of those. And, I sure like the "Purina" checkerboard barn door! :thumbsup:
I know I keep harping about those cedar posts that you and Eddie have such easy access to, but I'm so jealous of those. And, I sure like the "Purina" checkerboard barn door! :thumbsup:
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bindian
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Mark,
Cedar posts don't get old.........they only get more character. I am sure Myers Cedar Yard in Lampassas would ship a few bundles up to you. What is so ironic is cattle owners eradicate them because they drink so much water. I, revere them the way my Native American ancestors did. My retirement property will be loaded with them. They do make a good cash crop every so many years. Just like Pine timber, but on a smaller scale. Smaller, not so straight limbs make good furniture also. I have buckets full of cedar sawings and dust I sprinkle around the crooks and crannys in my barn. In the house, I put the sawings and dust in cloth bags and hang them in my closets.
hugs, Brandi
TomSeller
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I'm not much for knowing types of trees. What kind of cedars do you have over there?
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bindian
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Red Cedars grow around here. But these posts are Mountain Juniper from the Lampasas area. We just call them all cedars. Mountain Jumiper can look more like a bush with curving limbs, while Red Cedars have mostly straight limbs growing out and up at angles. Red Cedar seems, to me, to retain the aromic fragrance longer after cutting.
hugs, Brandi
hugs, Brandi
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bindian
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I finished the 16 foot equipment gate today. It was a pain getting everything just right, as I planned it to clear the huge oak tree nearby............but forgot about the huge root hanging in the way of the swinging gate. It didn't help that the pole was curved a little to the swing side. Major pain that was adjusting everything. I positioned the support cable angel pivot so the gate would hang near the ground when closed, yet swing up and over the root. Works great now. 
hugs, Brandi
hugs, Brandi
TomSeller
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Nice work.
mikim
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Brandi - on the mailbox and lawnmower gates - if they start to sag on ya -- you may need an angle brace from the bottom hinge up to the opposite corner. I always put one on from the get go cause mine have always sagged after a time. Easier to put it one in the beginning.
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Mike,
I thought about that, but the 2x4 square non climb horse fence is stretched tight (banjo tight) and held on good with way too many horseshoe nails. It really makes the gates quite solid. 6 foot or so wide is all I would want to make one of these gates. I thought about a wooden 14 foot gate behind the barn, but I'll buy one with the welded wire already on it.
Shouldn't a brace go from the upper hinge down to the lower opposite corner?
Give Bernice a hug for me.
hugs, Brandi
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bindian
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Guys,
When I made the mailbox and lawnmower gate, I nailed one side of the wire down. Then I used a very curved (curvier than my framing hammer's claw) hammer to hook into the excess wire and stretch it on the other 3 sides. The wire is bracing all corners. The lawnmower gate is the widest I would build this way. Besides, the gates have a doubled up 1x6 corral board as a horizontal brace to help stiffen the frame up. The whole gate is double boards. Each layer of boards have joints in different locations. So the "filler" boards that don't go to the corners are acting as stiffeners too. I cut them long and hammered they into their "slots".
hugs, Brandi
When I made the mailbox and lawnmower gate, I nailed one side of the wire down. Then I used a very curved (curvier than my framing hammer's claw) hammer to hook into the excess wire and stretch it on the other 3 sides. The wire is bracing all corners. The lawnmower gate is the widest I would build this way. Besides, the gates have a doubled up 1x6 corral board as a horizontal brace to help stiffen the frame up. The whole gate is double boards. Each layer of boards have joints in different locations. So the "filler" boards that don't go to the corners are acting as stiffeners too. I cut them long and hammered they into their "slots".
hugs, Brandi
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I now know I am wrong about the tight wire keeping the gate plumb. The lawnmower gate is sagging enough to not latch without lifting up. The mailbox gate is still latching with one hand. I will put a brace wire with turnbuckle on them this long............Good Friday holiday and Easter weekend.
hugs, Brandi
hugs, Brandi
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bindian
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I got the driveway gate installed and the anti sag cable up. Now all that is left for cows and horses are fencing off the gully at each end. I have two ideas I am thinking about. Each one will be a major project. I also have to replace about 40 feet of fence the neighbors thought I would like when they removed it.
hugs, Brandi
hugs, Brandi
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Since it is too wet to dig in the pond, I decided it was time to replace the neighbor's fence by the pond. This fence used 3 inch PVC pipe as posts. So first thing was to move the fence in sections on temporary steel posts. Then I started my first welding project with my new Hobart 210 MVP welder. I built a 2 inch square tube, 6 foot wide water gate. 
When all is said and done, 1/4 inch steel plate will swing on it on 2 inch pipe hinges on 1.5 inch pipe. I thought bolting the 8 inch top cedar posts to the watergate in the barn would make everything easier. 
Was I in store for a surprise. While in the barn, I drilled holes and installed 3/8 inch rebar sticking out 2 feet. 
The rebar will rest in a 12 inch wide trench on the downsteam side of the watergate.
hugs, Brandi
When all is said and done, 1/4 inch steel plate will swing on it on 2 inch pipe hinges on 1.5 inch pipe. I thought bolting the 8 inch top cedar posts to the watergate in the barn would make everything easier. Was I in store for a surprise. While in the barn, I drilled holes and installed 3/8 inch rebar sticking out 2 feet. The rebar will rest in a 12 inch wide trench on the downsteam side of the watergate.hugs, Brandi
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