Frank Pellow
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Last month I rebuilt a fence for my daughter Kristel in Ottawa but I did not have the time to build a gate. I just finished making the gate here in Toronto and will install it in early July. I decided to jazz up the gate by embedding in interesting square of glass into it. A couple of years ago, I purchased (for $7) the glass in a bargain bin even though I could not envision using it in a stained glass object. It occurred to me a couple of days ago that it would look good in a gate. Here is a photo of the 12 inch by 12 inch glass pane:
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I made a frame for the glass out of some old cedar wood having first cut this profile into the wood:
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The frame for the gate itself was made out of cedar 2 by 4s:
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In the photo below, cedar 1 by 6s have been partly screwed to the frame and the glass has been set on top in order to simulate the final appearance of the gate:
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In the next photo, a diamond has been cut into the gate boards to accommodate the glass pane.
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The top part of four boards was then removed, the glass frame was inserted, then the boards were re-inserted and screwed back into place:
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The glass pane was inserted into the open then secured with molding nailed into place:
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I won’t be going back to Ottawa to install the gate until early July but I did prop up the gate and take a couple of photos here in Toronto in order to get an idea of how the gate will look when in place:
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I made a frame for the glass out of some old cedar wood having first cut this profile into the wood:
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The frame for the gate itself was made out of cedar 2 by 4s:
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In the photo below, cedar 1 by 6s have been partly screwed to the frame and the glass has been set on top in order to simulate the final appearance of the gate:
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In the next photo, a diamond has been cut into the gate boards to accommodate the glass pane.
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The top part of four boards was then removed, the glass frame was inserted, then the boards were re-inserted and screwed back into place:
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The glass pane was inserted into the open then secured with molding nailed into place:
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I won’t be going back to Ottawa to install the gate until early July but I did prop up the gate and take a couple of photos here in Toronto in order to get an idea of how the gate will look when in place:
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