DIY During the lockdown

[Richard Simpson Mark II]

Not my DIY, but someone else's.

Last summer we welcomed a swallow family fo the first time since we moved here.

Early this spring, and enterprising wren family 'borrowed' the empty nest and made their own modifications.

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[Beehive]

RSM 2nd... You might have inspired me to build birdhouse

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[lancashirelad]

I've constructed a "horticultural" area.
It's got a new shed.......What is it about sheds? I can sit in it for hours!
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Very nice Steve but you only get 9 out of 10 for the gate the brace should run from bottom left to top right

[SteveW]

I've constructed a "horticultural" area.
It's got a new shed.......What is it about sheds? I can sit in it for hours!
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Very nice Steve but you only get 9 out of 10 for the gate the brace should run from bottom left to top right

Bugger......you're right!
After I made it I decided to hinge it from the left side rather than the right side. During the faffing about it ended up upside down.
I didn't notice...until now. Thanks for that it's going to drive me mad!

[Ksithumper]

Turning it upside down won't solve it unless you want the slats on the inside...

[garyboy]

Structurally, the gate is triangulated, so it should not make any difference to its strength or performance, which way the brace is.

There are a few option if it is annoying, visually.

nice work, btw.

[lancashirelad]

Structurally, the gate is triangulated, so it should not make any difference to its strength or performance, which way the brace is.

There are a few option if it is annoying, visually.

nice work, btw.

Trust me I’m a Joiner.

[garyboy]

do you file (to sharpen) the front of the tooth .. or the back?
do bike wheel hang off the spokes .. or compress them ..
does a triangle pull or push, at the joints
do hanger struts hold the middle of the truss up.. or does the apex pull the middle of the cross beam up ..
`convention` is often that … convention .. but may not actually reflect the (triangle of ) forces set up

[dave h]

im with the lad on this one,



dave.

[mechanic]

Ideally if made of timber, the cross brace should be in compression, so again ideally it’s wrong. On a small gate it will probably make little difference. However it would annoy the hell out of me too. Just looks wrong. But, if it was a tension wire. OK. Looks a great outside project though.