I mentioned elsewhere I was making some gate hinges.........exciting eh....maybe not....
I couldn't find what I was looking for at the local merchants for one reason or another and for what I wanted it was looking to cost me £60.00 or so.
So I decided to make some from what was laying about.....yes it really was laying about. At this rate it's getting tidier around here.
I cut up some 65x10mm bar into four lengths about half a meter long I guess. The longest four bits I could get from the bar anyway.
Then from a 50x10mm bar I cut eight bits about 80mm long. All were drilled as needed on the pillar drill I've been tidying up in another thread.
Here it is drilling one inch holes the the eight bits. Two goes four stacked at a time, the most the vice could hold in one go.
Then in pairs they were mounted to the RT to have one end rounded off.
Quick clean up to get rid of most of the rust, mig welders don't like rust very much.
Ready to weld, the pin keeps the two parts lined up. When you weld one side, as it cools it shrinks pulling the metal out of shape. It helps to put a couple of tacks first on the other side.
All welded up, 4LB lump hammer to show scale.
The pic's only show three as I made the prototype yesterday and it's already been put to work
You can see the old battered gate and the new wooden one I knocked up yesterday. Bloomin heavy it is too. It'll not only look tidier but also add some privacy as you can see straight into my garage from the other side of the gate.
Just need to paint them up now and fit proper. Oh and make the other gate......
Not exactly engineering, but it's what I've been up to......
