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Ones like that aren't boring. Mind, i dont do many gates.
Progress is looking good on the scroll work
Whats the frame from? and the upright bars? Looks like tube? The top rail, is that a channel you've fabricated?
Stoopid question - So, do you put a collar on from each side and weld together over the weld that's holding the scrolls together?
You could do that if making them yourself, make one leg longer than the other, a bit DIYish though, the traditional way to close a collar is with a scarf joint on one of the wide faces, this would be done hot, most people just butt or even overlap the ends though.Oh, what bend them 3 times and weld the 1 corner?
You could do that if making them yourself, make one leg longer than the other, a bit DIYish though, the traditional way to close a collar is with a scarf joint on one of the wide faces, this would be done hot, most people just butt or even overlap the ends though.
Sorry if this has become a bit of a Q & A session, but what's a scarf joint?.
Me too, it's always nice to see how these things are put together. Makes them 'easier' if you know what I mean, where to start is always the thing, then what next. I also have a question.Thanks. Very informative. Appreciate the time taken.
The top rail is just 2 pieces of flt bar sandwiching the 1'' box uprights. If you use box section you can make the gate look more substantial without the weight of solid bar.
The traditional blacksmith method of cutting a scarf, or most other cuts, would be either with a chisel or a hot hardie, hardies are tools that fit in the square hole on an anvil, called a hardie hole, so a cutting hardie would be like an upside down chisel, place the metal to be cut at red to orange heat on the hardie edge and strike with a hammer, obviously these are traditional skills, and nowadays a cutting disk or other modern method will be used.Oh and another.
I love the scarf joint, very sweet and neat.
how would you achieve that? For those of you who know it'll be a stupid question, I don't mind being stupid some times.
Not keen on the idea of flats welded to box like that, never seen that done before....