Homemade Farm / Entrance Gates From Flat Iron Bar And Some Rivets.

Finally, here are the double gates I made for Sandra's new driveway! They are part welded and part riveted together, then galvanized so they should last a while. They have horse-shoes for handles on the sliding bolts.
Will expertly made the rivet-shoe (I'm sure there's a better term for it than that) and he might make you something too, if you like. Email him here.. will @pengwineering.com
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[@pcka12]

I am always interested in blacksmith work & have seen and photographed all sorts of old gates and benches made using tenons and even dovetails riveted over together with round rivets. The structures are often quite elegant (if a little rusty) and clearly date from a period before smiths had any means of welding other than in the forge, the slots (mortises) you have cut would probably have been made in the hot iron with some form of chisel or sett, and if the smith was trying to retain the full strength of the metal each mortise would have had a ‘swell’ where the metal was pushed aside rather than cut. It is interesting to watch your. ‘hybrid’ approach to the problem using a cnc plasma cutter & stick welder!

[@tackyman2011]

Love this fellow's speaking voice.

[@axemastersinc3269]

0:08 That is a happy woman. They do look stunning.

[@thomashverring9484]

I like Henry's moustache! Very fine indeed! And lovely gates :^)

[@sherry2836]

Wow, beautiful job Tim. So exciting to see the gates go up. Little by little your dream is being realized Sandra!

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thanks, Sherry. Yes, tiny steps..

[@tomTom-xg1it]

Nice work, I love your Attention to detail I do a lot of fencing and gates and wish more people were interested and prepared to pay the extra money to have such care taken about project

[@Dreamelenasc891]

Woooooow such awesome and beautiful work Tim!!! Your designs turned out so nice and professional. Impressive DIYs!! Go Hairy Henry!!!

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thanks so much!

[@pooterist]

Just brilliant. Terrific job, and a terrific presentation too.

[@liefdegator1]

Thats a beautiful Fence you made there Tim

[@megabutasaurus]

I love the gates! You guys are living the life!

[@ravenwolf7128]

Great job, lovely and practical--wish I had half your talent around our little homestead, love to watch you folks, sending virtual good wishes.

[@DIYdiacsnFarmstead]

Great Stuff indeed!

[@RoseThistleArtworks]

That is so cool that you can make stuff like that, from conceptualization all the way through to a beautiful gate that will last for so long and has so much unique character. It's really gorgeous! What a great entryway into the Hairy Henry Healing Haven. ;)

[@WayOutWestx2]

Hairy Henry Healing Haven - I like it!

[@bossecarlberg]

I love it

[@WayneCarolan]

Tim I’m just looking at this clip and see you lifting gate. Over head hoist in x y direction would really benefit your projects. I’ll send you link of recent upgrade of one that’s Tim affordable.

[@WayneCarolan]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZKcqY2jos95Zqs Link as promised!

[@WayOutWestx2]

Oh, I'd love one of those. It would be the strongest part of the whole barn!

[@WayneCarolan]

Way Out West Blow-in blog If anyone can do it, you know who it is. I was pricing up the trolley part, they’re not bad price wise.

[@intheshedwithjohnnyg8894]

great job

[@CaptainKrimson]

love the gate!

[@marcellebaudry5786]

super cool

[@DrWoodyII]

To the ladies, this is living proof that men are good for all sorts of things and not just the obvious.

[@churchviewwishart8873]

😂🤣😂

[@branchsnapper2228]

Your narrative voice reminds me of 1970s programs, very honest and soothing

[@branchsnapper2228]

@Gareth Hawkins exactly

[@adriankeane3130]

Fantastic gates ,what an amazing couple ! How much did the steel cost for the job ?thanks from australia

[@WayOutWestx2]

Hmmm. Really not sure. €200 maybe?

[@cinnamon8884]

looks amazing!

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thank you!

[@markschultz1606]

Nah, I'll stick to stick welding. Cheers!

[@jonathancook4022]

The gate posts look quite Cornish, possibly even Spanish

[@grant0617]

**everybody liked that**

[@whoopsydaisyfarm2820]

Hi Tim and Sandra! Guess what - we were so inspired by your channel and sheep that we bought two of our own. We named them Tim and Sandra. Hope you don’t mind! But it’s actually working as a marketing ploy because whenever people ask “what are their names?” They tell us, “Those aren’t sheep names!” And then we tell them all about your channel and how awesome it is. Anyway. Know that you have two Kentucky Namesakes running around now!!

[@WayOutWestx2]

Ha! Brilliant. No one has ever called their sheep after us before. We are deeply honoured. Thank you : - )

[@johndouglasdawson7298]

They look the business, like the rivet touch old school them plasma cutters are great

[@geraldinewillis5926]

Tim you’re a really handy guy to have around, the gates are class, love your new swing lol

[@joenperkins2138]

They look wonderful. You did a great job. Blessings

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thank you!

[@splugen]

Dragging the flat steel bar made an AMAZING sound

[@notrut]

If you'd warmed the rivets in the furnace first, they pull in tight once cooled ... I once used an old Pushrod from a truck engine to pean the end over into a mushroom dome. Or there's cheap tool available on eBay these days ... Enjoying watching during Lockdown! Rubbish on BBC ...

[@rentregagnant]

Aah, notrut, I think you are bolting the gate after the horse has flown the coop, or whatever... (mixed metaphor overload)

[@OmmerSyssel]

You don't heat rivets in that dimension.. If you knew anything about this craft you'd comment the wrong rivet length, ignoring important tool/ work step, and lousy use of hammer creating the head. ⚒️🙄

[@notrut]

@@OmmerSyssel Don't heat rivets you say ...?? kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5K3fWOAq9eZaqs

[@ralpha679]

I recall from DT classes that there were two tools for cold rivets. The holder (like Will made) and a mushroom die which you hit with a hammer and made the perfect mushroom on top. I may have imagined this though...

[@arjenhillenius1917]

Great job Tim! I wish I lived close by. Then I would ask you to make some things for me once in a while! And of course I would help too! Oh, and seeing the inspector, I think he likes the fences to be open, so he can take a stroll once in a while. :)

[@WayOutWestx2]

Good plan!

[@kurmston7]

Who in their right mind would give this a thumbs down!?! This is a great job! Well done.

[@ShowCat1]

Great video. I would remove those pointy ears on the gate signs. An animal could get hurt with one of those.

[@jarredsegal6842]

Mig is nice but I only recommend it for light gauge steel or tac welding anything heavy enough to arc weld

[@1godfray]

Clearly the gate maker is a genius !!

[@supremelandscapes]

Hi Tim, Your work really motivates me to try new things, I build little gates and other stuff now and then as a landscaper and seeing your ideas posted on YT is very helpful. Thank you guys for your work with children to get there balance and exercise👍👍.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Gates are an important part of garden, aren't they? I think a gate-maker could be a satisfying job..

[@supremelandscapes]

It may open the path to new opportunities 😉

[@yeagerxp]

Excellent work👍👍👍 . Thanks for sharing

[@lancesurgeon7614]

Nice job Tim and Sandra red is the perfect color. I would suggest to driving a piece of pipe into the ground for the vertical latch bar to drop into. The neighbor's horses learned they could just lean on the gates and make their great escape until their owners applied this fix. 8^)

[@WayOutWestx2]

You're right, Lance. Next time we mix some cement..

[@kearneyfamilylondon68]

Grand looking gates Tim. Best. PEK.

[@120Livi]

How are you getting on with the cnc router? Gates look great, always enjoy your videos.

[@WayOutWestx2]

I was distracted for a while from the router - but there's a list of projects I want to try on it. Watch this space!

[@axemastersinc3269]

Looking at the size of the post, I had envisioned 2 7/8" pipes with redwood or cedar pickets with 1/4" x 1" angle iron around the perimeter of the pickets. Those gates are outstanding and lightweight. Excellent work. Depending on what part of the country your in, the foundation is critical. Around here 2 out of every 10 brick and stone mail-boxes are always leaning one way or another gate post etc etc. Around Dallas Ft Worth we have what is termed as expanding soil. No extravagant foundation and its leaning. It really looks great M8.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thank you. All painted up now and looking smart...

[@Mr.Stacey-L-SCC]

I think they look perfect. Thanks for sharing!

[@mathewmho]

Great video, you have an awesome voice.

[@springwoodcottage4248]

Nice job. Traditionally rivets and the top and bottom setting tools were made by Blacksmiths. Black Bear forge has some super videos on this which you will probably have no time to watch: Rivet setting tool kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3PGY3h3m5yCpa8 Bottom rivet setting tool: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5WUmombrLRmh7c Still your gates have a timeless elegance and within a little time they will likely appear as though they have been there since the dawn of time. Thanks for sharing!

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thanks for these links. I will try to watch them! (I find it all so interesting, but we are just so busy these days, it's impossible to fit everything in.)

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

The gates came out wonderful and I think they are lighter than of other designs and materials. And the rivets are a nice touch.

[@DavidVanHelden1]

Job well done !....Love the gates...And the video too....

[@Kajpaje]

What handy skills. What's better is the flow, pace, attitude, relationship. What wonderful people, love the story.

[@JS-qg1ie]

Pukka job mate. I saw the video of you doing the posts and I too thought could’ve done with more of a footing. Of course depends on what the ground is made up of. Sure look nice and sturdy👍

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thanks. I think perhaps I was lucky. And maybe they will still move. But traditionally they didn't have re-bar or footings in them (nor did any of the houses here) and they seem fine.

[@donaldasayers]

Your rivets should stick out by 1.5 rivet diameters before you set them. You really need a pair of rivet sets, punches with dimpled ends to finish the job off neatly.

[@WayOutWestx2]

You're right. I must find more of a range of them

[@johncooper2245]

Nice work. To make that rivet backing tool, if you haven't got a cnc mill. Drill a hole to remove some material, then heat it till its red hot and bash some cold rivets into it to forge the exact shape the rivet head. Ye olde technique :-)

[@WayOutWestx2]

Good plan, John. Thanks.

[@andrewhoward7200]

I think they're terrific. The countryside used to have lots of flat-iron fencing, I think mostly parkland, as it isn't fantastically stockproof, but always attractive.

[@famillebussieres-mainville4831]

Fantastic work Tim! Best of luck with the Hairy Henry project Sandra.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Many thanks!

[@robertmiller5258]

Typical traditional Irish gate posts

[@chefevilee9566]

Those are some mighty handsome gates!

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thank you!

[@esquad5406]

You may paint over the zink day one. You just have to give it a good going over with white vinegar first.

[@BrettRyan78]

Those gates and posts are just perfect!

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thanks, Brett : - )

[@adrianrykers3155]

They look so good. Btw are you thinking of having an Instagram account? Thanks Gen

[@WayOutWestx2]

We spend far too much time in front of the computers as it is!

[@richardgrognard6394]

I see you are well equipped to make your portal

[@pauloconnor7951]

Painted they'll look awesome ! lOve the posts. Very Irish !!!!!

[@razorrazor9238]

Yes, paint them red & they will look very nice, bull red colour, typical Irish type farm gate

[@GardensforLife]

Great video and fantastic job! Thank you!

[@WayOutWestx2]

Our pleasure!

[@scarletpeate]

Proper lovely. Xx. Keep well.

[@ajdexter4195]

They are some lovely gates, very grand

[@shiddy.]

I like it greetings from Minnesota

[@roycarter6235]

You have sent me on a quest to learn how to use a CNC Plasma Cutter. My wife won't be pleased

[@WayOutWestx2]

Ha! Does she need to know?

[@blackwater4707]

Lovely. How is everything in the new glasshouse getting on? Did you resist the temptation to sneak a few exotics in?

[@WayOutWestx2]

I was just thinking I'd do an update - watch this space!

[@jeffreyboarman4032]

A horse by any other name is still a horse

[@crogamer1197]

Great video keep up with good work and have awesome day

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thanks! You too!

[@wilfredwilde9559]

I’m making one this weekend.Similar design.Wish I could afford a plasma cutter

[@helenp81]

You are very clever Tim, well done they are fabulous 👍

[@WayOutWestx2]

Ha! Thanks, Helen : - )

[@seamusdunne7129]

Well done brilliant job 👍

[@mohammedtroy4296]

very friendly gate i say

[@ALoadOfOldScrap]

Brilliant, love to see different applications for the plasma table.

[@WayOutWestx2]

You have the same one as I do, right? Brilliant things!

[@ALoadOfOldScrap]

@@WayOutWestx2 I do indeed 4x4 xtreme, I love seeing how people find different ways to overcome problems.

[@Failte630]

Great job. Well done.

[@joelmartin2549]

So it’s May 2022 when I’m watching this, I’m curious about the foundations, I am wondering have the posts begun to lean yet or are the gates sagging yet?

[@WayOutWestx2]

I was interested too and looked carefully. There has been movement - one gate is higher now than the other where they meet. So the post must have moved against the weight of the gate. It's only about 3mm so I'm not worried at all.

[@joelmartin2549]

@@WayOutWestx2 sounds good, I was a little surprised at how shallow the foundations were, but it looks like it’s working out!

[@joelmartin2549]

@@WayOutWestx2, excellent!

[@thewunder-lusters9644]

Brilliant! Abso-bloody-lutely brilliant! :)

[@WayOutWestx2]

Ha! Thank you : - )

[@robertjackson9601]

Very well done Tim.

[@jonathancorbyn8203]

Happy wife happy life.

[@xiaodongwang7753]

I like the part when Tim tests the steadiness of his gate😃. What a genius, you naughty boy

[@davidliddelow5704]

@6:48 Will should REALLY be wearing safety google there.

[@jonanderson5137]

Great work, I would have burned some 6011, but rivets will probably last as long and do the same job.

[@ScooterFXRS]

It turned out great!

[@rogerdrum5936]

Absolutely inspiring. Love you guys and animals and videos. Keep up the marvelously wonderful work old chap.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Will do! (I hope)

[@DreamofaHive]

Totally Fabulous!

[@redlily8101]

Nice to hear your voice Tim.. be safe

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thanks, you too!

[@countmagnus1981]

They look great

[@tinchapeltextiles]

They are beautiful, you are both so inspiring, thank you x

[@stevenhibbitt6380]

Well done, Sir!

[@alanwebster7908]

Great 👍 as always.

[@racheldavis5229]

Tim, you are a marvel. Just a marvelous person.

[@WayOutWestx2]

Aw, shucks, Rachel : - )

[@johnwildwest1]

fine work Tim

[@WayOutWestx2]

Thanks!

[@trainlgb]

Fantastic A++

[@skcamerican]

Yes, you did have to test the gate. :) A fine job, posts and gates all. And that was a rivet helmet, no? To protect its little head?

[@WayOutWestx2]

Ha! Yes, a helmet is a much better name

[@jwstanley2645]

Wonderful!

[@sreval]

Brilliant !

[@ciaranamhain]

Lovely job!

[@Zappyguy111]

As a man, I have to say, I love your garden gate, it's adorable and very clever.

[@michaelmcclafferty3346]

Good job Tim.

[@anacronisticcurmudgeonry525]

grinder and paint makes me the welder I ain't always love your videos