A little different project for me

[thrt15nc]

Sort of easy, fun, not much stress, etc. Garden gate for my sister-in-law. Cedar and some copper work. Thanks for looking.

Tom

 

[ste6168]

Very nice. Really like the addition of the copper!

 

[llucas]

Very nice!...Classy touch with the copper...what technique did you use to make the leaves?

 

[gritz]

Nice looking gate!

 

[Phil S]

Excellent - may I copy ?

 

[Bill Clemmons]

Very nice! That copper should age will.

 

[thrt15nc]

Thanks for all your comments! The leaves are just copper sheet, leaves cut out and edges sanded. Then I draw in light vein lines on the "back" of the leaf. I lay the leaf on a piece of soft wood (cedar scrap) and I use a big washer then, about 1 1/2 inch, and roll it along the vein lines and tap with a hammer. The leaves begin to roll and curve inward into a leaf shape and you just keep tapping until you get a desired look. Wash off any of the drawn vein lines with mineral spirits.

Phil you're welcome to copy. I saw the plans for this in a gate magazine or website back in 2003. I built a narrow one to just stand as a decoration near a mailbox then. This one was from memory and made wider to fit as a replacement gate.

Thanks again,

Tom

 

[Mike Davis]

I like the curved top rail and the progressively longer stiles above the top arch.

I'm curious about the bottom of the gate. Does it form a pocket that would hold water and cause rotting or is it open so the water can pass through?

 

[thrt15nc]

It's all open Mike. Hard to see in the pics but the the stiles are just sandwiched between the back and front rails and it's all open between each stile.

Tom