1 day ago
by newTim |
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Well the Garden Gate business has picked up. Actually it had nowhere to go but up as this is my first commission. I won’t have to go very far to deliver it either as it is going in right next door to my Garden Gate II. I thought I’d use part of the long weekend to get a good start on the project. I’ve found that now that I’ve done a couple of them I can really crank one out. And since I just finished the patina panel for the bed last weekend along with twenty or s...
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80 days ago
by MTBrian |
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Ive very slowly been working on what could be considered my first “real” project. In that it is a project that is not for use in the shop. My mom had a very nice stained and stamped pation poured recently and installed a new cedar fence for privacy. So i volunteered to build a gate. She said that she wanted something that was very really nice looking and would be the focal point of the fence. So i drew up several sketches of some redwood gates, and asked what she liked the be...
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153 days ago
by newTim |
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So I finally joined the ranks of all you pro-Sketchuppers. I watched some of the videos a while back and didn’t get it. Tonight I watched the first five videos from the Sketchup for Woodworkers website and it all became real clear. At least enough to make a decent model. Acknowledgements and thanks go out to Rob Cameraon for all his efforts.
And so it begins… I imported a photo from my first gate’s patina taken before I messed it up with wax. I think it still turned ...
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165 days ago
by newTim |
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First… after seeing Trifern’s secrets on dyeing I wonder how a door would look? Guess I’ll have to give it a try. Anyway, here’s the gate with several coats of outdoor oil over some redwood stain. The colors in the photo are pretty accurate. The top picture gives a good comparison of the treated and untreated copper panel.
Once the gate is hung I will post a final blog on this series with photos and some specifications and tips I learned on this project. An...
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166 days ago
by newTim |
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Nothing real exciting at this point. Just wanted to have a complete blog on this project. I used the Turnlock System and Circle Jig by Milescraft to cut the arch in the panel. I noticed a nice review was posted by Teenagewoodworker on this jig and plan to my experience and thoughts when I get a chance.
The bent laminations fit nicely and the whole thing easily went together, which is a pleasant change from my normal routine.
I installed one side of the stays and left the othe...
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172 days ago
by newTim |
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Here’s my first attempt at the hot patina process. All but one of the chemicals arrived from ArtChemicals, the Cupric Nitrate being on back order. I decided I couldn’t wait and pressed on anyway. I printed labels so I could keep better track of the chemical blends and colors each was supposed to produce. I learned two things right away. The first is this is a complicated process. The second is you really can’t mess it up. I used the method demonstrated by David Marks ...
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174 days ago
by newTim |
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Except for the fact the tennons were a little tight and there was a slight gap in one of the joints, both of which were quickly corrected on the belt sander, the frame easily fit together.
Here’s the first dryfit.
There was a slight gap in the upper and lower right joints.
A quick touch of the upper arch on the belt sander fixed both.
And here’s a tease of things to come!
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174 days ago
by newTim |
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The gate frame is joined with mortise and loose tennons, although there’s nothing loose about them. Cutting matching mortises is a two-step process. First is cutting the mortises to length (4 1/2”, bottom, 2 1/2” top), width (3/4”), and initial depth (about 1 1/4”) using the Mortise Pal jig. The second step is adding more depth to the mortises (2 1/4”).
The largest mortise using this jig is 1/2” x 2 1/2” x about 1 1/4” deep. To prod...
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178 days ago
by newTim |
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The challenge is trimming the arch rail to the exact width at the exact angle which, when combined with the bottom rail, will produce a square frame.
These things I know. The interior width of the gate should be slightly wider than the copper panel which is 24” (because I don’t want to mess with cutting the copper). The width of the arch must be exactly the same width of the bottom rail. The sides of the arch rail must be parallel. And the most important thing, the centerli...
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178 days ago
by newTim |
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Arcs, tangents, degrees, rays, minutes, arctangents, radians. Like Jughead I don’t know anything about this stuff, but that is probably unfair to Jughead. So here’s what I’ve learned so far.
The two main considerations are whether the width of the arch rail will be the same as the stiles, and the degree or diameter or curve of the arch. The minimum curve diameter that is flush with the outside dimension is the width of the gate itself. This also produces the sharpest ...
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