The gate

[wroughtn_harv]

The post on the left is the hinge post. It's hole is two feet by uh, er, uh, see for yourself

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Here's the one man post hole digger at the beginning

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Here's it trying to get out every last crumb

 

[wroughtn_harv]

three augers, one twelve inches, one sixteen inches, and big girl, twenty four inches

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I used the sixteen for the latch post. I also only went down seven feet with it.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

This is how a very old man places a very long very heavy post in a hole.

 

[_RaT_]

Harv, I want to take your idea and use it on my gate. I would like to use a material like rock. Here's the problem, I want a coyote howling. Any clues who, what, how to establish that in rock? I'm going to have to hire that one out. If I did it, I know folks would be asking what the heck it was. Thanks for the idea. Rat... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[wroughtn_harv]

RaT it would be nothing but a thing for you. I guarantee it.

But let's for the sake of argument say you might be a trifle nervous about your ability to draw.

I can relate to that. Life's a b-b-b-b-b-b-bear when you want to be an artist and can't draw. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Based upon what you've said about working with sandstone I'd suggest that. Let's pretend you have a computer with a printer. Then let's pretend you have an office supply somewhere in town. If you had those two things then you could find some clear plastic sheets. If you have access to the internet /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif you can find a free clip art coyote with his head up, mouth open, in love, most likely. Print out your coyote clip art on the clear plastic sheet. Find a friend, bud, cop, fireman, city council person who has access to an overhead projector. Do your image final scale on something stiff and durable.

Transfer image to stone. Get after it.

A good source for stones, grinding discs, cutting blades, etc, all for 5/8--11 small grinders is www.granitecitytools.com Prices are great and they're nice people.

Let's say you have a three inch thick piece of stone. For the sake of argument let's say you drill two three sixteenths holes through the stone. You now have a method to index your drawing on both sides. A twenty dollar cutting blade on your angle grinder will allow you to cut in a half inch following your pattern on both sides. If your stone is sound you can now carefully hammer and chisel out your silhouette.

A sixty grit stone, about ten dollars, will finish out the chisel and cut marks muy bueno. Or if you want a really trick look keep the chisel marks and also chisel out your cut marks. Make it look like you not only knew what you were doing but you did it the hard way.

Heck I'm having fun just thinking about it. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[shoppintractors]

<font color="blue"> Here's the problem, I want a coyote howling.... </font>

<font color="blue">....If you have access to the internet you can find a free clip art coyote with his head up, mouth open, in love, most likely. </font>

Here's a howling coyote for ya............ /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

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Don

 

[Alan L.]

I think Texas is the only state that was a country (from about 1836 to 1845). It is also the only state where the state flag flies even with the American flag. And our capitol building is bigger than the one in D.C.

 

[Alan L.]

Rat. Thats easy. Just take a big rock, an angle grinder, and remove everthing that don't look like a coyote... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[_RaT_]

You guys are Too Cool. OK, I've added this post to my favorites. Wednesday I'll be at the job that has a bunch of left over flagstone, I'm going to go through it, get all I need to practice on and give it a shot. Muchas gracias muchachos, Rat.

 

[_RaT_]

Don, thats a good looking well fed coyote. Ours aren't so fluffy around here.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Take pictures!!!!!!!!!

 

[shoppintractors]

Ok Rat...

Here's the hungry howling coyote version...

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Another option for the overhead projector.....Around the holiday's these projectors come on the market, they are designed for outside use to project an image onto a wall or garage door. I have printed images on clear transparency film just like wroughtn Harv described and used them in the projector. Lazer printer (uses toner) held up better than an inkjet (uses ink) due to the heat from the projector bulb.

Don

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Here's the gate in it's piece and parcel form. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[wroughtn_harv]

That was yesterday. But yesterday's gone.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Here's a close up.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Most of my gates have names. The tentative on this one was "rock gate". After twelve elbows I figured it had earned "octopus gate". Then a second look at the close up and it might be "bowtie". I wonder where I got that. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

It's heavy tacked up now. I've got about four hours with a welder and the grinder. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif It might be fun but it isn't always easy.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

another look.

Now put on your imagination and consider how this gate will look between those two posts and with a rock a bit bigger than the other one.

I doubt very seriously if there's another one similar within a mile or so.