@jdouglasfisher the ball bearing allows the gate to open easier because it has such a small contact area with the gate pin. If it were to just sit in the hinge, flat on the bottom, it can sometimes stick and be quiet difficult to open especially if its a heavy gate.
@kiksforge thank you, these only came out so well because we had to design them to handle the excessive weight of these gates, they became very heavy from poor design and then they wanted them galvanized so they are now 400 lbs. each
@cougarman07470 it was 316 mechanical tube I buffed to outside on the lathe, but it was already the right size. I did machine the bronze on the old lathe, she's still got a few issues but it does the job! that's the only lathe I have....
Excuse my ignorance but why are the bronze sleeves used? A stainless ball bearing inside the stainless steel tube isn't enough? Or bronze sleeves are intended to be sacrificial?
lol "guaranteed to last 4-500 thousand years...see ya then." i heard that as if u were saying you'll see us in 4-500 thousand years xD awesome hinges dude. hopefully the gate they're holding up is worth that much beef.
@modernblacksmith It still wouldn't last as long as your hinges. I have seen a lot of custom welds and things on YT, but the real thing is always hand made and always made by masters of their craft like you. When I was a senior in high school I worked for a Master gunsmith Roy Stone. I refinished a pistol blue. Stone looked at it and said " These scratch marks stand out like a diamond in a goats ass." I learned then to be a master you have to do jobs 10 times better than you can buy them new
I could see 3-4 days if each peice was machined from one single billet block of stainless. Otherwise this guy has very poor time management skills. (Or too many liquid snacks as seen in the backround)
