Little montage of this timber garden gate build. I made this gate using regularised and treated timber, which i then planed to the finished sizes, in the process straightening the timbers. The template for the curve was drawn up using sketchup and then machined using my small CNC. Prior to this i would make the curve using good old maths and a trammel. I opted for traditional mortice and tenon joints throughout, except the spindles where they locate into the top curved timber. The reason for this was ease and practicality. Instead i rebated the underside of the curved timber and the spindles sat within the rebate and are supported by the outside edges of the timber. The bottoms though i morticed and tenoned as normal. All of the mortice and tenons throughout the garden gate are centrally located within the timbers and are standard stub tenons. None of the tenons are haunched, as its such a small gate and i didn't feel the need for it. Previously when installing my vertical boards i've machined a rebate and fixed the boards onto that rebate. This time however i've machined a groove around the perimeter which the boards locate into. This reduces/eliminates the edges cupping and keeps everything nice and flush. The only fixings into the vertical boards are at the bottom of the boards into the bottom rail and they are paired on each board and skewed. This reduces the chance of the boards working loose and should keep the garden gate looking great for years.
0:00 Mark, cut and sand stile curves
0:23 Mark curve onto the top rail using template
0:34 Rough cut the top rail curve
0:48 Finish cut the top rail
1:18 Prepare the vertical boards and fit spindles
2:14 Glue up
2:35 Check for square
2:42 Fit vertical boards and machine stop chamfers to spindles
3:27 Nail vertical boards and sand to a finish
4:06 Finished photos
5 июл 2024
