Thanks, yes I have replaced the washers since. The rsj was needed!it's quite heavy and at 3 meters wide quite a bit of leverage.really nice job but those nuts need penny washers I think, nice to see you hung on an rsj ,like that,and the fact they are so plumb true/level.
That's the thing about rsj's isn't it. They are only stiff in one direction. Mine are probably just under 150kg and do bounce when closing but rests on a stand when fully open. The post between the pedestrian gate and wide gate is removable to allow wide loads around the back but it was a right pain to get the two gates and post meeting flush. The adjustable hinges were a dream though to help get them spot onNice looking gate.
I used rsj as gate posts on some gates that were around 250kgs. They were great when closed but the gates would bounce up and down when open as the weight was twisting the rsj. I had to weld flat onto the rsj to make it into a box section.
Ah come on mate, you're well able for something like that. It's basically a rectangular with a bit of wood bolted in the centre. I have next to zero welding experience, just whatever I learned myself. Look at the squalid conditions I even have to endure! (I have to laugh at some of the American forums, them guy's are pretty anal about about the table been .001" out of level and here's me on a bendy bit of ply on a floor with about 5 degree slope!)I don't find it inspirational. It's soul destroying. I might as well give up now!
Nice work!
I did spend a while debating that and read many opinions some on this forum. My view was that by using 30x5mm (in keeping with rest of the gate) it wouldn't be stiff enough to benefit pushing from the lower hinged corner so opted for pulling from top corner insteadThey look great. Really tidy job. One thing to bear in mind and I could be wrong, I thought the diagonal brace was supposed to return to the lower hinge corner to transfer the stress back to the post and prevent drooping. Either way, really classy gates
I think you done the right thing. I always think steel braces work better under tension and wooden braces under compression.I did spend a while debating that and read many opinions some on this forum. My view was that by using 30x5mm (in keeping with rest of the gate) it wouldn't be stiff enough to benefit pushing from the lower hinged corner so opted for pulling from top corner instead
I'm going to try and keep it looking as it is for as long as possible as I'm not a huge fan of the silver look. I've used tung oil both before and since they've been hung so we'll see how long that preserved them for. Yes I've used standard bolts, never heard of that before but thanks for the heads up. Really like the idea of copper bolts too, I might use thatYou leaving the cedar to silver naturally? BTW it rots the heck out of std bolts due to the massive amount of tannins. Stainless is best, or copper for the ultimate look when it greens up
The oil wont make no matter to anything but the colours. Cedar lasts but rots std steels quickly, the tannins that protects the wood eats the steelI'm going to try and keep it looking as it is for as long as possible as I'm not a huge fan of the silver look. I've used tung oil both before and since they've been hung so we'll see how long that preserved them for. Yes I've used standard bolts, never heard of that before but thanks for the heads up. Really like the idea of copper bolts too, I might use that