On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:37:42 GMT, "neverwas"
wrote:


http://www.cps.gov.on.ca/english/pla...8364/8364L.pdf

What a fantastic page. What did you type into google to find that?
Thank you.

That suggests using 6x2 wood but it is for use on a farm with cows, so
it would certainly be livestock-proof, which was a consideration
another poster mentioned. For ornamental use, I suppose a smaller size
could be used, but I think I would stick with the plans as they are
because I don't have the expertise to know how much I can safely
change them by. If the timber was too small, I am sure it could snag
or snap. It is better to be oveengineered than underengineered!

Are gate parts called the same as their equivalents in doors: stiles,
rails, etc?

If so, it looks to me as if the rails are just nailed onto the stiles.
That's fine if it is just for use on a field. The "prettier" versions
I have seen UK sites selling seem to have the stiles and rails flush,
presumably with mortice and tennon joints. That would obviously take a
bit longer to machine than just nailing them on top of each other.

IIRC a tenon in a third of the thickness, so would a 2/3" tennon be
strong enough or would this be a weaker, if prettier, gate?

There is a vertical brace (number four on that diagram), roughly
halfway across and that must be M&T'd on the flush gates too, is it?

I have seen one picture of a stile with a tongue and the rails slot
into that. I suppose that could be done with a router.

Thanks again.