I thought of bedding the pipes into epoxy or something and we talked about it before the glue-up. One of the coolest things about the internet is how much more quickly we can learn from others if weвЂ™re open to constructive criticism. I have examples of cedar and redwood finished this way and the finish is still perfect after 10+ years.Д¬ould you have mounted the hanger bolts on the pole first and then attached the strap hinges to the gate? Just a thought. A small drain hole in the middle of the pipe hole would let the water drain out. Soaking all of the end grain in CPES will stop water absorption but a film finish like Epifanes would need to be used. I have a suggestion for your next outdoor gate or outdoor project.ДЇill the pipe holes with CPES and use epoxy on the dominoes to extend assembly time. Nice to know that I am not the only one that spends more time on Sketchup than on the build. Just beautiful! Great pictures, and video! But much better in person!!Д«eautiful gate! Most people donвЂ™t appreciate the iterative design process and the amount of effort required before you cut the first board.

That gate has always been in my mind, Its so unique! I LOVED Seeing your design how you incorporated it with the side panels with pipes. This article couldnвЂ™t be more timely!!! I also am building that garden gate for my dog yard! Thank you for sharing all your tips and layout file for your build. Of course, no article would be complete without a picture or two of the finished product:Д¬omments/Discussion 19 Responses to вЂњMy New Home: Craftsman Style GateвЂќ The minute I saw the drawing, I knew I had to build it.ДЄnd Todd made that easy, too-he sent me full-scale templates so I could print out patterns for the sculpted panels.ДЄll I had to do was the easy part: build the gateвЂ¦. He centered the sculpted panels, making them the focal point of the gate, he incorporated the short rails IвЂ™d played with in my first design, and he added a cloud lift top rail. I was getting pretty frustrated when I passed the drawing off to Todd, but I was thrilled when I received his interpretation. But that didnвЂ™t seem dramatic enough for an entry gate, and besides, IвЂ™d be eliminating the intermediate bottom rail, and I wouldвЂ™ve lost that Thorsen-style impact.

Then I played with a lower design, eliminating the bottom intermediate rail. First, I came up with a tall version, with a straight top rail, with two sets of vertical cloud lift panels.

With those vertical panels in mind, the design for my new gate began to take better shape. In fact, before visiting that home with Jesse Wright, I had never seen verticalВ cloud lift panels before. It wasnвЂ™t until I reviewed the photographs I took of the Thorsen House that I remembered the garden gate, which features an unusual combination of horizontal and vertical elements. IвЂ™ve learned a lot about architecture from reading books, but IвЂ™ve learned just as much from haunting historic homes and reviewing photographs from those homes. Then I remembered the Thorsen House, a Greene and Greene in Berkeley, CA, which has inspired several of the features I had already included in my home, especially the brackets under the eaves, the brackets that support shelving, and even the brackets that support the draperiesВ in the living room.

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