Comments on: Flickr Pool: Oversized Wooden Gate http://toolmonger.com/2008/11/17/flickr-pool-oversized-wooden-gate/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:45:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: paganwonder http://toolmonger.com/2008/11/17/flickr-pool-oversized-wooden-gate/#comment-669583 paganwonder Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:19:34 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=15715#comment-669583 The diagonal in extension would be dependent upon the connections at the joints- in an all wood gate compression is more reliable- as to the diagonal bending, attach the pickets to it. Having built many gates- I say this one is built like a battleship! Nice job. The diagonal in extension would be dependent upon the connections at the joints- in an all wood gate compression is more reliable- as to the diagonal bending, attach the pickets to it. Having built many gates- I say this one is built like a battleship! Nice job.

]]> By: gareth.ky http://toolmonger.com/2008/11/17/flickr-pool-oversized-wooden-gate/#comment-669055 gareth.ky Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:01:32 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=15715#comment-669055 Wow I made the website! Everything I know about overbuilding I learned from my Dad. Its 8' wide so I can back a trailer or boat into the back yard. There was enough space between the property line and the house so why not? David H, I put the beam in compression because I couldn't come up with a good way to anchor it in tension. The vertical posts are anchored top and bottom with 5" lag bolts. So the compression is trying to sheer a fastener rather than having tension trying to pull a fastener out. Wow I made the website!

Everything I know about overbuilding I learned from my Dad. Its 8′ wide so I can back a trailer or boat into the back yard. There was enough space between the property line and the house so why not?

David H, I put the beam in compression because I couldn’t come up with a good way to anchor it in tension. The vertical posts are anchored top and bottom with 5″ lag bolts. So the compression is trying to sheer a fastener rather than having tension trying to pull a fastener out.

]]> By: David H http://toolmonger.com/2008/11/17/flickr-pool-oversized-wooden-gate/#comment-668493 David H Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:06:40 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=15715#comment-668493 That design puts the diagonal member in compression, which will probably bend it over time. It would be better to have the diagonal going the opposite way, putting it into extension. That design puts the diagonal member in compression, which will probably bend it over time. It would be better to have the diagonal going the opposite way, putting it into extension.

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