Onoff
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No sorry I didn't mean it like that it's a beautiful gate and you have done great work but don't cheapen the look.
Onoff
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No worries, I didn't take it like that at all. Aware I have to be very careful to not make it look tacky.
The hinges are definitely happening. The WoW shield definitely won't.
We're mulling the ring pulls at the moment. Maybe a bit smaller, a bit lower and with a stainless bar up the centre.
Mock ups in foil tape may happen this weekend if it dries up a bit!
Onoff
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Fun drilling for the coax conduit:
Thanks to a member on another forum for the stainless dome nuts. On loose for now after cutting the studs down:
Aerial mounting plate on loose. I'll change the bolts for stainless button heads later:
Thanks to a member on another forum for the stainless dome nuts. On loose for now after cutting the studs down:
Aerial mounting plate on loose. I'll change the bolts for stainless button heads later:
Onoff
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I need something I can squirt up inside the box section to help slow down the inevitable corrosion.
I got the 100x100 box off a mate where it was being used as crash barriers around his factory.
It's not galv or anything:
I got the 100x100 box off a mate where it was being used as crash barriers around his factory.
It's not galv or anything:
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How about something like Dinitrol Cavity Wax or any of the similar products used to rust proof the inside of car panels and truck frames?
Dinitrol ML Cavity Wax 500ml Aerosol (1) : Amazon.co.uk: Automotive
Dinitrol ML Cavity Wax 500ml Aerosol (1) : Amazon.co.uk: Automotive
www.amazon.co.uk
Onoff
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With the threat of rain I rushed tidying the post up...and it shows.
Originally there was something "red" on the bare steel post. I want to say red oxide but I don't think it was. I gave it a coat of something grey since then. So a quick sand with 80 grit and wipe with white spirit:
Then Pro Cote Cold Galv Spray from T'station.
It's reacted but not sure whether with the red or grey...
Half wondering whether to let this dry then take it all off with a cup brush back to bare metal and etch prime?
(No I don't shop in Waitrose btw).
Originally there was something "red" on the bare steel post. I want to say red oxide but I don't think it was. I gave it a coat of something grey since then. So a quick sand with 80 grit and wipe with white spirit:
Then Pro Cote Cold Galv Spray from T'station.
It's reacted but not sure whether with the red or grey...
Half wondering whether to let this dry then take it all off with a cup brush back to bare metal and etch prime?
(No I don't shop in Waitrose btw).
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liiking like some thing reacting with something under the galv spray
Onoff
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Yep. Tempted to just hit with black and put it on thick!
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Spent a bit more time prepping the other post top. Cup brush in the grinder. Difficult getting in round the back/underneath so those bits less than perfect. Couldn't get right in either where the post goes into the pillar:
Kept wiping down with Lidl's finest thinners and the rag kept coming up grey:
Hit it with rattle can etch primer:
Finish is tbh a lot better than the first.
I saved the until I'd finished this time...
Kept wiping down with Lidl's finest thinners and the rag kept coming up grey:
Hit it with rattle can etch primer:
Finish is tbh a lot better than the first.
I saved the until I'd finished this time...
Onoff
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I'm going to roller paint the primed steel with Bedec Barn Paint i.e the same as what's on the gate. Reckon I'll end up stripping and redoing that first one this afternoon.
I really must remake these "temporary" rollers I fitted. They squeal like a piggy on occasion. Just some reinforced hose "tyres", on some nylon, on stainless bolts. One side are just worn flat now!
The temporary "plates" are offcuts of Buffalo board (with a groove filed in for the box seam). I did way back have some 20mm st/st squares plasma cut for these but the sides are so out of square I never bothered using them. Need to square them up.
Tbh the gate only runs on the left hand pair and the hose "tyres" on those are worn flat. I guess where they stopped rolling. Maybe the nylon has swelled around the bolt?
I really must remake these "temporary" rollers I fitted. They squeal like a piggy on occasion. Just some reinforced hose "tyres", on some nylon, on stainless bolts. One side are just worn flat now!
The temporary "plates" are offcuts of Buffalo board (with a groove filed in for the box seam). I did way back have some 20mm st/st squares plasma cut for these but the sides are so out of square I never bothered using them. Need to square them up.
Tbh the gate only runs on the left hand pair and the hose "tyres" on those are worn flat. I guess where they stopped rolling. Maybe the nylon has swelled around the bolt?
Onoff
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I'm debating putting a lighting feature of some sort on the face of each of grey posts facing inward to the house. Box section is 100mm wide.
(Outside on the brick pillars will be half coach lanterns).
Inside thinking on the lines of something like this picked at random.
Or maybe this:
Any thoughts?
Cheers
(Outside on the brick pillars will be half coach lanterns).
Inside thinking on the lines of something like this picked at random.
Or maybe this:
Any thoughts?
Cheers
Onoff
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Ordered a couple of these as they're IP65 and subtle. They'll only come on when the gates open:
Single Fixed Wall Light - Black IP65 | Knightsbridge (WALL1LBK)
www.tlc-direct.co.uk
Onoff
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Didn't do much tonight, lost my homemade Starrett adapter so had to drive to my mates to get the one I made him. He couldn't find it but did find another obscure bit of steel I gave him years back which has a 1/2" UNF 20tpi thread...that'll do. All will be revealed!
Onoff
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Screw on the lamp base with a couple of M4 screws:
Drill with a 20mm Starrett. The hole in the light fitting is a gnats under 20mm:
Stick a washer between lamp base and post:
Drill just the lamp base with a 27mm Starrett using the 20mm Starrett as the pilot, hits the washer and doesn't damage the post:
Drill with a 20mm Starrett. The hole in the light fitting is a gnats under 20mm:
Stick a washer between lamp base and post:
Drill just the lamp base with a 27mm Starrett using the 20mm Starrett as the pilot, hits the washer and doesn't damage the post:
