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Ranch gates

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  • 17-03-2013 8:51pm
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    Big Davey
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    Looking to make ranch gates like these for my house
    http://mcdonoghdirect.ie/PBProduct.asp?ItmID=9571955
    Just wondering if anybody knows where to get a plan ? Which wood to use and where to get it ? Where to get the hardware ? And most of all how do I do the curved bit ? I am in Leinster.


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    recipio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,804 ✭✭✭recipio


    Big Davey wrote: »
    Looking to make ranch gates like these for my house
    http://mcdonoghdirect.ie/PBProduct.asp?ItmID=9571955
    Just wondering if anybody knows where to get a plan ? Which wood to use and where to get it ? Where to get the hardware ? And most of all how do I do the curved bit ? I am in Leinster.

    The hardware is available in good stores or search the internet.
    I'd be tempted to make the curved verticals as laminations. It means making a jig , cutting your timber to 4-5 mm widths and glueing it all up with waterproof glue. Much stronger than any join between the curve and the vertical.


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    Qwerty?
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    I planned on making 2 of them a few years ago, but found by the time I bought tanalised timber and the hardware there was very little in the difference. Any good Coop/Farm store would have the hardware


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    recipio
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    Qwerty? wrote: »
    I planned on making 2 of them a few years ago, but found by the time I bought tanalised timber and the hardware there was very little in the difference. Any good Coop/Farm store would have the hardware

    :confused: You can actually buy wooden farm gates ? I thought every farmer had gone over to the galvanized steel jobs. ?


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    Big Davey
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    recipio wrote: »
    :confused: You can actually buy wooden farm gates ? I thought every farmer had gone over to the galvanized steel jobs. ?
    I think it's more the horsey types and upmarket farms that might want to make an impression. I think they look great especially the curved bit.


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    Big Davey
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    Qwerty? wrote: »
    I planned on making 2 of them a few years ago, but found by the time I bought tanalised timber and the hardware there was very little in the difference. Any good Coop/Farm store would have the hardware
    Tantalised ? What's that ? I was planning to make them out of pressure treated 2x4 .............................


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    recipio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,804 ✭✭✭recipio


    Big Davey wrote: »
    Tantalised ? What's that ? I was planning to make them out of pressure treated 2x4 .............................

    :) Same thing, just another name for pressure treated.


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