I am soon going to be building two 3' wide cedar fence gates, and two 4'
wide fence gates. Being a woodworker, I want to do it "right", and not just
use 2 rails, some fence baords, and a wire or cross brace to hold it square.
I want to have a nice beefy bottom stile, beefy upper stile, and some beefy
cedar rails. A "door", if you will, versus a "gate". Is there a website
that discusses the basics of constructing such a gate? I assume Mortise and
Tenon joinery, but should I use pegs? How many? Should I use glue, or a
different type of adhesive? Should I glue just the center of the tenon, to
allow for the movement of the wood? Any pointers, advice, or web links
would be greatly appreciated!
Here is what I'm thinking about (not this exact design, but along these
lines):
http://www.prowellwoodworks.com/images_g/g_33.htm
As opposed to this:
http://www.hometime.com/Howto/projects/fence/fnc_1.htm#building
Last weekend I caught a rerun of NYWS -- Norm built a nice gate out of PT
might check his site for plans / ideas
"David Henkemeyer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am soon going to be building two 3' wide cedar fence gates, and two 4'
> wide fence gates. Being a woodworker, I want to do it "right", and not
just
> use 2 rails, some fence baords, and a wire or cross brace to hold it
square.
> I want to have a nice beefy bottom stile, beefy upper stile, and some
beefy
> cedar rails. A "door", if you will, versus a "gate". Is there a website
> that discusses the basics of constructing such a gate? I assume Mortise
and
> Tenon joinery, but should I use pegs? How many? Should I use glue, or a
> different type of adhesive? Should I glue just the center of the tenon,
to
> allow for the movement of the wood? Any pointers, advice, or web links
> would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Here is what I'm thinking about (not this exact design, but along these
> lines):
> http://www.prowellwoodworks.com/images_g/g_33.htm
>
> As opposed to this:
> http://www.hometime.com/Howto/projects/fence/fnc_1.htm#building
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