Oak gate

[muttley9050]

Here's a few pics of a gate I made and fitted today. 75mm thick, 1.9m tall and 1.1m wide.

All Oak milled and supplied by jerry arbwork so it's nice and local.

[Logrod]

Looks really good. I notice there's no bottom rail to the frame - is that to avoid water collecting in the joints? How did you join the middle boards - biscuits?

[bikewoo]

Nice door furniture, was it custom made?

[Woodworks]

Ooh thats really nice James. Good work

 

Classy iron work as well.

[muttley9050]

Door furniture was found on line. Very reasonable. 2 hinges, ring latch and shoot bolt. All handmade. £100 all in.

 

You don't generally put a full frame at the bottom of a gate or door. You notice the extrusions on the top side of the frame, this makes it much stronger by not having a large mortise cut out, right on the corner.

You couldn't do this on the bottom so the bottom rail is lifted up a bit.

Middle boards are fitted with loose tongues.

[Logrod]

Thanks for satisfying my curiosity

[H-A]

Very nice gate, very classy, love the iron work.

 

Will the Iron work stain the wood when it rains? I have been caught out with iron and oak.

 

I would have given it a little more expansion room, when it acclimatises in the next wet period it looks like it could bind.

 

H-A

[delabodge]

nice mate, well done,,

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Good job!

 

Any chance of a look at the back??

[jamesd]

Any chance of a link to the door furniture? i've been looking for hinges like that myself for a while.