Speaking of fences

[Rambozo]

I did this a little while ago but didn't post anything. Just a little gate project. This is a temporary fence while some yard/pool work was being done. Someone else put it up, but I have never seen anything so lame. There was a small man gate inset into a larger gate. But the man gate was by the main hinges, and the only thing holding the main part of the gate was a length of angle iron running under the little gate. Then there was a rickety wheel at the end and when you unlatched things the whole main part of the gate basically fell over. The other section of gate was ok, so I left it alone.



I didn't have much time, so I did the quick and easy thing and just cut apart the bogus gate and swapped the parts around. Didn't take pics during, but you get the idea. Put the large part of the gate on the same hinges, then hung the small gate from the end.



Relocated the ground post to hold things together and set it up so the small gate will fold back completely, then the whole thing can be secured against the wall with the same ground post.



All done with TIG on 120V with PA 140ST and a 4.5" angle grinder. As I mentioned even with a little wind you can usually shield it with your body or put something up to let you use shielding gas outside without too much trouble. That dual voltage comes is so handy. I don't know how I ever got along without that. Someone else gets to paint it up.

[zoama]

Good job... and sprinkling them flowers around made it extra fancy.

[Mr120]

Amazing what some other people would consider passable on a project. Nice job redoing the fence. I like Zoama's comment about the flowers. Yeah, that's a nice touch. Do you do that for all of your projects??

[Rambozo]

The flowers were actually a problem. They attracted all kinds of bees, so I swept them up. But the tree just dropped a ton more. Didn't get stung, so I guess that's a plus.

[Jason]

Nice, does the longer section open incase you needed to drive a vehicle back there for some reason?

[redbeard]

Nice, does the longer section open incase you needed to drive a vehicle back there for some reason?

The other section of gate was ok, so I left it alone.

I think that implies that it does, although that pergola post looks like it would be in the way for anything much bigger than a mini-Cooper.

[youngnstudly]

It looks like someone did some poor planning when that gate and fence were first installed. It's a little goofy, to say the least. Is the gate and fence section a prefabbed cheapy home improvement type of item, or were they custom built? The cheap store bought stuff is junk! I've been having a field day (figure of speech here) with the bees in this area buzzing around when I'm working in the shop. It drives me crazy, mostly because I'm allergic to bee stings. I would have thought that all the welding and grinding you did would have scared them off, but it probably just irritated them.

[Rambozo]

Yes, it does swing back. The perspective of the photo makes it look smaller than it is. You can drive a pickup through there. However, the tree limits the height, so tall trucks need not apply.
I do not believe any planning was done when that was put in. The fence sections were the old custom made pool fence and gates. Probably 20+ years old, with a few problems, such as several sections I found full of water. If you can't build something 100%, you really need to drill drain holes. You can see I've been recycling a bunch of that fence for various projects. While it started out pretty good, it's now rusted pretty thin in places. There was a language barrier with the person that did that adaption, but that is no excuse for something so unusable. The main reason something temporary was thrown up, is that like the other fence project, two new pups were added to the mix.

I really try to avoid bee stings. No idea about allergies, because to the best of my recollection I've never been stung. Not something on my bucketlist, either.

[Kempy]

Rambozo nice fence work with Everlast PA140ST dual voltage welder. Us out in country don't have fences and if we do it is to keep the horses and cows out or the kids next door from getting into swimming pool.

[jameslo]

I did this a little while ago but didn't post anything. Just a little gate project. This is a temporary fence while some yard/pool work was being done. Someone else put it up, but I have never seen anything so lame. There was a small man gate inset into a larger gate. But the man gate was by the main hinges, and the only thing holding the main part of the gate was a length of angle iron running under the little gate. Then there was a rickety wheel at the end and when you unlatched things the whole main part of the gate basically fell over. The other section of gate was ok, so I left it alone.

I didn't have much time, so I did the quick and easy thing and just cut apart the bogus gate and swapped the parts around. Didn't take pics during, but you get the idea. Put the large part of the gate on the same hinges, then hung the small gate from the end.

Relocated the ground post to hold things together and set it up so the small gate will fold back completely, then the whole thing can be secured against the wall with the same ground post.

All done with TIG on 120V with PA 140ST and a 4.5" angle grinder. As I mentioned even with a little wind you can usually shield it with your body or put something up to let you use shielding gas outside without too much trouble. That dual voltage comes is so handy. I don't know how I ever got along without that. Someone else gets to paint it up.

That's some nice "temporary" work. I've seen a lot of "long term" fences that weren't put together half that well.

[Winky]

Finally I was able t upload this ... Finished it today it's a heavy duty pedestrian gate made from a Harley wheel I've painted it since the pic was taken ... looks pretty good now ...
here's a related video http://youtu.be/p5Oihcrnvl4