English Oak Single Gate 

Thank you I really enjoy the joinery side there’s lots more to come, I’ve almost now had a very exciting project I’ll be telling you all once it’s in the bag lots of interesting joinery

As a consequence I became a Patreon ! Never done this before but your kind of woodworking resonates with me and the way my dad taught me - and he was a chippy

You can , but oak will expand , so leave space :)

Cheers and Stay tuned :)

Lol. Thank you :)

Cheers , that is a plunge pool I made, I mite upload a video not sure, as I already have a hot tub build on RU-vid, but it will definitely be on my Patreon site

When loaded or under pressure overtime that bird mouth will tighten

@@ManorWood 15:02 Gravity wants the latch stile to drop - and as it drops the bottom of the upper brace wants to move towards the hinge stile and the top of the lower brace wants to move towards the latch. In timber framing, you'll sometimes find birds mouth joints used in this same scenario on knee joints. The birds mouth is on the outside of the hypotenuse to prevent the brace from shifting away from the right angle. That said, your domino is in shear load across it's 28mm width. Your hinge screws or hinge post mounts will likely fail before you shear that domino.

I would have used my mega domino as normal but this a trail so 100% stock :) cheers man

In the UK I would say around 20% maybe more in winter, Even 28 if its wet cold out gives the timber time to naturally dry before the dry spells in summer or direct sunlight as well affect things

I am doing a series on these types of gates this is the dominant gate , fast clean simple . the next gate, Is pegged mortise and tenant. mortise cut with the domino tenants cut with spindle moulder . These are all on my own property to try and help people and myself see how this new joinery holds up against traditional methods..

Cheers man, hopefully you could say that I did a dry fit earlier on with just a single domino in each connection by the time we got to the glue up I knew everything fitted. Then with epoxy there is no rush. Clean ups easier let it cure they plane,sand or scrape it off

@@ManorWood I'll be using epoxy on all my outdoor projects.

Cheers , yes

Sometimes it’s fine

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Great idea, even after 3 years I am still learning, which is what I love about RU-vid and the growing Community We have here, I’m Andy by the way nice to meet you

Good on you Andy!

more than 20k there pal looool

Just keep water away for bottom rail :)

@@ManorWood Thank you I will now look at other hardwood external doors

Citu fish and bone blade , very fine , I have tonnes of blades even Wood mizer , but don’t like changing for 1 or 2 cuts is all

@@ManorWood ok thanks, that sounds like it would produce a very nice cut

How is it holding up? Any fading? Do you need to reapply every so often? Does it protect the wood from moisture?

@@goonboi7292 The Osmo UV protection oil seems to last much longer than Danish oil. However it also prevents the oak darkening leaving new/green oak too white for my preference. So I've been using a coat if Danish to turn it a honey colour then the Osmo to protect it. Danish oil needs recoating every year in the UK to prevent it going black whereas Osmo seems to last 2-3 years before needing another coat. Products like Sadolin Extra last longer (>4 years) but are more like a varnish than an oil/wax.

ColinWatters awesome info, I never would have even tried to use something like oak for outside furniture otherwise. And I don’t quite like the look of cedar

This is my own gate which is why I am testing it with simple off-the-shelf dominoes, there are going to be two more all jointed in different ways all on my own property , if you watch some of my older videos I explain that I’m doing some tests on joints , traditional and modern.

Lol

unless all you smell all day every day is oak the it just makes you sneeze🤧