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[txdon]

Jim, I see you used the same materials as Harvey: wood, metal, and stone and you added that something extra: reflectors and a sign! Yours is a expression of the artistic work of simplicity, of which I am a big fan of. However, that type of artistic expression is not entertaining, just practical, unlike Harvey's which is fantasy!
I'm still dreaming of the day when I no longer need a wheel assist gate.

 

[EddieWalker]

Harvey,

The fence looks really nice. It ties the posts together with the entrace to give it an overall effect of something massive, but also very detailed and well thought out.

Will you still be around to add pics of the fence after the rock work is done?

Eddie

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I don't understand Harvey. Ron Hall and I installed a gate this last weekend and I posted pictures of it, but nobody seems to be as interested in our gate as they are yours. Don't you think ours is a work of art?

I would love to run that tenon making gig. Did it only take one sharp router blade to complete all the fence rails? Did you make that rig or find it somewhere?

That entrance is really looking nicer everytime you do something. Are you going to do the fence after the entrance is finished, or is the owner going to leave the barbed wire fence just for character?

Morning Jim, blame Ron, he's the visitor.

The tenoning jig is from Rockler. It works slick. I'm hoping to make some furniture with it when I get some time. Rockler Log Tenon Maker - Rockler Woodworking Tools

The biggest problems I've had with it is keeping the router attached to the jig. I finally went with oversized screws and nylocks.

I'm going to transition to pipe next panel and then to the existing barbwire.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Jim, I see you used the same materials as Harvey: wood, metal, and stone and you added that something extra: reflectors and a sign! Yours is a expression of the artistic work of simplicity, of which I am a big fan of. However, that type of artistic expression is not entertaining, just practical, unlike Harvey's which is fantasy!
I'm still dreaming of the day when I no longer need a wheel assist gate.

Don, we need to talk.

My wife is heck bent that we tie in the bridge into the entryway. She's thinking buggy wheels and stone wings and then steel gate. I'm thinking something along the line of what I did at Robson Ranch.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Harvey,

The fence looks really nice. It ties the posts together with the entrace to give it an overall effect of something massive, but also very detailed and well thought out.

Will you still be around to add pics of the fence after the rock work is done?

Eddie

We're going to have pictures of the thing finished, landscaping, everything. You can't even begin to believe how excited the client is. He's a machinest and he loves watching me fly by the seat of my pants instead of using a manual.

 

[mikim]

My .02 ..... I agree with your wife ... steel gate with a wheel in the middle that matches the bridge ..... but I guess I'm a better trained husband than you Harv ...I know that the wife is ALWAYS right....... (and it might take less of an opener to move the steel gate - if it's not so heavy)

 

[EddieWalker]

I'm not sure why, but I always love a gate that looks like one unit when it's closed, but when open, it comes apart in such a way that it's not perfectly even on both sides. If the wagon wheel was put in the middle of Don's gate, it could be attached to one of the gates, so when it opens, one gate has the wheel, while the other has the space for the wheel to fit when closed. Then I'd also add the arch to the gate to reflect the bridge.

Use the rock that's on the bridge for the colums and of course, some massive posts for the entry.

Eddie

PS. The Robson Ranch gate is awesome. The sheer mass of it is just perfect!!!

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I'm not sure why, but I always love a gate that looks like one unit when it's closed, but when open, it comes apart in such a way that it's not perfectly even on both sides. If the wagon wheel was put in the middle of Don's gate, it could be attached to one of the gates, so when it opens, one gate has the wheel, while the other has the space for the wheel to fit when closed. Then I'd also add the arch to the gate to reflect the bridge.

Use the rock that's on the bridge for the colums and of course, some massive posts for the entry.

Eddie

PS. The Robson Ranch gate is awesome. The sheer mass of it is just perfect!!!

Hmmmmmm, it sounds like the old gang is feeling the need for a get together project again, hmmmmmmmmmm.

I'm game and I know Glenda is.

 

[patrick_g]

Harv, Please excuse me for trying to pull you away from the sublime to discuss the mundane but you and your followers are just such a terrific store of experience I can't resist trying my question out.

I want to redo some cattle guards with dug out pits. I want the driving surface of the guard to be nearly level (barely above the grade of the road, I think.) I intend to dig a trench to loer elevation so the pit drains (guard is on land with slight slope).

What I am mostly unsure of is the most practical and economical way to shore up the sides of the pit so as to get many hears of service and not have to repair within a few years. Should I use galvanized metal? IF yes, how to brace it, driven steel stakes, horizontal pipes with doublers where they contact the sheet metal, or what?

Any suggestions will be most appreciated.

Pat

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Pat, I've thought about the guard I saw up north. I don't know why you can't make something like that for less cost and more durability. It can't be that difficult.

The only thing I saw that made it difficult was the holding down of the guard for ten seconds or so after the wheels contacted initially contacted it. The easy answer to that of course would be a shock type cylinder like you use on an equipment hauler tilt trailer. But I'll bet there is a simple mechancial answer that would be almost maintenance free.

Let's think about it. We need a cattle guard that is above ground that will flatten to grade when weight contacts it. So we'd need first a spring assisted lift system to hold the guard up most of the time. Then we'd need a locking system that would engage and hold the guard at grade for a period of time.

Nothing to it.