cutting holes in steel gate post for hinge bolts

[pat32rf]

One secret was using a 3' section of 3/4" pipe as a handle for you to hold while your helper ran the trigger.

 

[CADplans]

Haven't you guys heard of baling wire??

Where is your American Farmer spirit!!

 

[setxjeff]

Safer way is good quality hole saw predrill 1/4 hole replace hole saw drill with smooth rod. Not as much grabbing and cuts at slower speed.

 

[SandburRanch]

Just as the bit is about to break through drive a tapered punch in to finish the hole and a large percent of the wrist twisting will be avoided.

 

[ovrszd]

Haven't you guys heard of baling wire??

Where is your American Farmer spirit!!

Excuse my ramblings.....

We never had a "hung" gate. Everything was dragged on the ground. Mostly wooden gates built from native lumber sawn 1/6. As a kid, they were a load.

Went and stayed with my Uncle Ray for a month or so in Northern Iowa. He didn't have a gate that wasn't hinged. Most of his gates had an ingenious latch mechanism with a bumper in the middle of the gate. They were hung so they would always swing shut. Bump it with the tractor and it unlatched and swung open. Drive thru. Gate swung shut and latched. I thought my Uncle Ray was a "GOD".

 

[k0ua]

Just as the bit is about to break through drive a tapered punch in to finish the hole and a large percent of the wrist twisting will be avoided.

That makes entirely too much sense...

 

[Industrial Toys]

Zip ties have replaced "hay wire" a long time ago.

 

[SandburRanch]

Excuse my ramblings.....

We never had a "hung" gate. Everything was dragged on the ground. Mostly wooden gates built from native lumber sawn 1/6. As a kid, they were a load.

Went and stayed with my Uncle Ray for a month or so in Northern Iowa. He didn't have a gate that wasn't hinged. Most of his gates had an ingenious latch mechanism with a bumper in the middle of the gate. They were hung so they would always swing shut. Bump it with the tractor and it unlatched and swung open. Drive thru. Gate swung shut and latched. I thought my Uncle Ray was a "GOD".

Wooden gates my father made were sort of hinged without any hinges. They would slide or swing by setting 2 posts off set a little with a couple of short 2x4s across the posts and the gate rails rested on the 2 sets of 2x4s. The gate closed at a slight angle but things weren't built for looks in the early 1900s.

All walk through gates I ever encountered at oil field tank batteries were hinged to self close with normal operation. They had to be that way because of cattle being more intelligent than some humans. But if it were opened 180° it would stay opened back against the fence for working in the area for a length of time.

 

[PILOON]

What I might consider is to shoot Ramset nails or threaded pins into the steel posts.
While usually thought of as concrete fasteners, Ramset pins are actually more predictable shot into steel than into concrete.
Many trades use Ramset fasteners in commercial buildings to install and or hang systems off of steel structure.
However I believe only 1/4" threaded pins are available but then you could use multiple threaded pins.
Generally any rental store would have a Ramset tool available as well as the appropriate shots and hardware.

 

[Egon]

Use a clamp on hinge pin.