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[EddieWalker]

Harvey,

I get it now. I was getting confused about the forked entrance, Don's entrance, Jim's photoshop and the two locations. No wonder you are slowly tearing yourself apart!!!! LOL

Eddie

 

[rox]

Harv,
REAL intersting watching your projects. I had a thought looking at them, that it would be nice to brand that top limb that goes across with something like "Home Sweet Home" Instead of having to make several brands you could coe up with a generic one that you could use on all your gates. Now I knwo it is to late since the beams are already up there, but I think a brand would look kind of cool.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Harv,
REAL intersting watching your projects. I had a thought looking at them, that it would be nice to brand that top limb that goes across with something like "Home Sweet Home" Instead of having to make several brands you could coe up with a generic one that you could use on all your gates. Now I knwo it is to late since the beams are already up there, but I think a brand would look kind of cool.

I guess you've got your branded piece of cedar. (laugh)

I'm going to band the posts together and the top rail to the posts with metal strapping. I'm going to hammer the strapping to give it an aged look. And I believe I'm going to figure out a signature I can hammer in to the strapping to identify my work.

 

[GaryBDavis]

Okay, Harv. You've had enough time to build the gates and we want to see an update with detailed pictures of the hanging and all. I want to see how the powder coating came out. My last gate was 15 feet and sagged less than 1/8 of an inch so the pressure is on.

 

[MF1455v]

Gary, thats a fine looking gate. Who did you use for Powder Coating. I have not had time to look and find some one local. I have a small project I want to do in the next several weeks and will need a powder Coater.

Thanks
James

 

[MF1455v]

Harvey, I am going to have to start screen your projects from Barb. LOL You gave here some ideas for the ceder we now have around our house. Looking good.

James

 

[ultrarunner]

What are you guys using for hinges on these heavy custom gates?

 

[GaryBDavis]

MF1455v,
I sandblasted and painted my gate with Imron (Dupont). Maybe I just didn't find the right powder coater, because they were all way too high. I picked up a business card at Mo's BBQ the other day. It's a powder coater in Liberty Hill - Diamond Powder Coating, Dave Hansen @ 512-778-9345. Next time I have something, I'll give him a call. You do the same and let me know what you find.

Ultrarunner,
They are barrell hinges from King Architectural Metals (I buy at their Dallas wharehouse). Get the 7" USA made. They run $25 a pair for the imports and a bit more for the USA. The USA seems to have stronger welds. They have a large ball bearing and grease fittings.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

What are you guys using for hinges on these heavy custom gates?

King Architectural Metals wrought iron metal balusters finials casting steel ornamental forged gate fence stairs Access control
These are the only ones I use on the big gates. They're sealed bearings and they live over time.

The only other ones I use are the Counsel bearing hinges sold at King Metals.

I've replaced too many barrel hinges over the years to use them for any reason. They're steel barrel and steel pin so they rust up easy. This is exaggerated because most people put them on wrong and they won't take grease.

King Architectural Metals wrought iron metal balusters finials casting steel ornamental forged gate fence stairs Access control
I use these for small gates and stuff like hinges on smokers etc. They come in different sizes. What makes them neat and allows them to live long is they have a brass pin and washer so they never rust up.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Harvey, I am going to have to start screen your projects from Barb. LOL You gave here some ideas for the ceder we now have around our house. Looking good.

James

James you better no let her see a mantel I put up last night at a friend's house. We got really lucky on that one.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Okay, Harv. You've had enough time to build the gates and we want to see an update with detailed pictures of the hanging and all. I want to see how the powder coating came out. My last gate was 15 feet and sagged less than 1/8 of an inch so the pressure is on.

Gary, nice gate, real purty.

A couple of points for you to consider though.

1. Here in Texas we don't put stars in our gates. We put them in the overheads.

2. We don't do stars in steel. We do them in stone.

Here's a link for the colors we're going to be using http://www.qualitypowdercoating.com/docs/brochure2.pdf

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I haven't taken many pictures lately, full plate and all that.

But Gary I thought you'd appreciate the way I'm coping, fish mouthing if you will, the four inch galvanized conduit I'm using in the two gates.

The saw horses are mine. They're the darnedest things to keep. It seems every time I make a pair they disappear and I've got to make more.

 

[GaryBDavis]

Good to see you have started on the gate(s). I used 1 1/4" electrical conduit for the verticals in my last gate. The main frame was heavier, but the conduit gave the gate a thick look while keeping the weight down and it turned out sturdy as a rock

Make sure you add some details about your material selection as you post pictures. We are looking forward to it.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Good to see you have started on the gate(s). I used 1 1/4" electrical conduit for the verticals in my last gate. The main frame was heavier, but the conduit gave the gate a thick look while keeping the weight down and it turned out sturdy as a rock

Make sure you add some details about your material selection as you post pictures. We are looking forward to it.

Hmmmm, great minds think alike.

The four inch o.d. tubing I'm using is rigid electrical conduit. If it was pipe it'd be three and a half inch about twelve gauge and come in twenty one foot lengths instead of twenty foot lengths.

The staircase entryway homeowner decided to not go with powdercoating so I was able to weld it up which simplified it a lot. On the big timber gate I'm having to do a lot of detail work to make it doable. It's one of those where I'm problem solving every step of the way and in that pain/pleasure zone where I thrive. I'm sure you're aware of it, that place where you're frustrated while at the same time you're having a tough time waiting for the finished product to appear.

 

[AlanB]

Dang it Harv! QUIT SHOWING ME THIS STUFF!

Love the sawhorses, I have a feeling a pair maybe showing up at the Circle B ranch before too long

I assume from the shots, the fishmouths were done with what I think was a Dewalt Porta Band I think I saw in the corner of the pics. I think the pattern looked plasma'd.

So, was the porta band cleaner for the subsequent weld then the plasma or why choose one over the other? Or the galv and the health consequences?

As always, Great work. I think you need a one week apprentice next fall when the heat breaks (if it ever does)

 

[patrick_g]

1. Here in Texas we don't put stars in our gates. We put them in the overheads.

2. We don't do stars in steel. We do them in stone.

Here's a link for the colors we're going to be using

I'm still trying to figure the Carl's Jr. connection... does the guy raise beef for the burger outfit?

Pat

 

[Lazy]

[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']Hi
Harv I Enjoy reading your project postings, And I think I'm addicted because it痴 been several days since your last post and I'm starting to get the shakes. I for one really appreciate the time you spend documenting and posting pictures of your projects for our pleasure. You are truly one of a kind, are you training anyone to wear your shoes when you decide to retire?

Thanks
Charlie[/font][FONT='Times New Roman','serif'][/font]

 

[Defective]

Harv's never gonna retire.

It's just not his style.

 

[txdon]

Knock knock. Knock knock.

Hello. Hello. Anyone here. Harvey are you OK?

Just checking.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

We're okay Don. Just a little overwhelmed with all the stuff coming down up here.

We've got stuff happening high and low.

On the high side we had a person at the A & M research center here in Dallas ask us to come up with a theme for their fencing. They're getting ready to take this facility from an active but not too public one to allegedly THE place for plant genetics.

For me that was a no brainer. Genetics = DNA, right?

So I had to get some stuff together that would bend pipe into a helix.