Double Arbor Gates

[Tom Hyde]

Finally got these hung on my grape arbor. These are 4' wide each, 2.25" thick, wedged mortise and tenon joinery, western red cedar. The 3/4" panel is pre-glued together V-Groove T&G and floats in a groove, the pickets are dominoed. These gates should keep the deer, and occasionally elk, from eating everything in the yard.

As for the grape arbor, I built that several years ago and only I would mortise, tenon and peg two dozen curved rafters into the center beam!

The finish on the gate is sprayed with two coats of Emtech 2000 alkyd varnish for amber color and flexibility followed by five coats of Emtech 9300 polycarbonate urethane for durability. Bit of a test to see how this finish holds up.

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[Frederick Skelly]

Beautiful work. They look very imposing to me - almost like a castle gate.

[Mark Hennebury]

Nice work Tom!

[Bill McNiel]

Absolutely beautiful. Nice work, Sir.

[John TenEyck]

Beautiful work; very well done, and the arbor itself looks great as well.

I'll be interested to hear how the finish works out.

John

[Tom Hyde]

Beautiful work; very well done, and the arbor itself looks great as well.

I'll be interested to hear how the finish works out.

John


Me too. The finish that truly seems to work the best in terms of longevity and maintenance is WoodRX on uncovered full weather exterior cedar. The color can be splotchy though. The darker colors look pretty decent, the lighter ones are too orange for my taste. And it’s silicon based which can contaminate a shop, so I spray it outside in a tent with a dedicated sprayer.

But I best like the natural wood color so I keep searching for the holy grail.

[Josh Robinson]

Great work and beautiful wood!

[Keith Outten]

Very nice job on the project Tom, they are impressive.

[David Utterback]

Very elegant with wonderful lines and wood tones. May they wear well. Thanks for sharing.

[Von Bickley]

Great Job Tom...

[Jon Grider]

Nice work in creating that very elegant gateway.

[Mike Allen1010]

Tom those are beautiful in both design and execution! I love the "cloud lift" element to the top profile that corresponds with the a standing vertical line of the slots in the front. Can you talk a little bit about how you hung them so that you are able to get them so straight and even?

Thanks for sharing, Mike

[Ron Brese]

Good Stuff Tom!

[jim sauterer]

Beautiful looks great.

[Tom Bain]

Tom — Those look great. How did you find working with western red cedar for the joinery? I did some work with it a few years back and quickly found out it wasn’t dried to the same standards as I was used to with hard woods. Made for some challenging joinery when the wood moves on you

[Charlie Jones]

That’s a good looking gate. Outdoor woodworking projects certainly can be challenging.