Gate Build Forces Shop Modification #5
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- This is my solution to achieving a big flat surface to fabricate the gate on. It's taking up
a lot of room in my shop but it's temporary! You'll also see Kurtis Eveland painting the
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"Start short, Shim to perfect" Those 5 words make watching this video worth it. Genius Advice.
Almost as good as
Hand me the twenty pound sledge propped up by the air compressor. That'll ease into submission!
Little known fact: Stomping on the buried support and saying "that'll hold it" is a very important part of the design and construction process.
I thought the required phrase was 'That's going nowhere!' 😉
I think that is more for when you are fastening something down. But if it has worked for you in the past then no reason to change the procedure!
@@withak30you are correct, no reason to screw with tradition.
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Kenny hanging out even at the paint shop!!!! Love that guy.
Worlds greatest! Yea Ken.
I work on traffic signals. They have instructed us to remove the grout between the pole and foundation. I guess it's a moisture trap.
Sure is cool watching an old guy pressing in an never backing down. Love the metal work! Press on, until the wheels fall off!
Cup of coffee, my two young boys, and EC; GREAT MORNING!
Thanks for 'Keeping on, keeping on!' Your {older} Texas brother. Blessings and Joy
Man those came out great, love your painter! sooo many people LOVE to promote powdercoating as the best thing ever. Its true that when powder coated pieces first get installed they look great. But there is no single powder available on the market that has the UV protection of Urethane automotive clearcoat and the surface bonding of epoxy primer.. If you put at least 3 coats of clear on anything going in the sun, you can expect it to hold up 30-50 years. The reason you see so many factory cars starting to peel on the horizontal surfaces after 15-20 years is that the auto makers only put 2 thin coats of waterbourne clear on and the sun just takes a toll on it after a while and it doesnt hold up as long
The "crunchy" concrete reminds me of something from a few days ago.
Wife and I were walking along one of the Rock walls on our New England farm, and she pointed to a rock in the wall. "That one's weird...it's almost square"
I looked and started laughing.
Someone had left a bag of Sacrete sit too long, it went solid, then tossed it on a wall, and the paper rotted away.
You could still see the impression of the wrinkles in the original paper bag!
my dad had a bunch of bags of that stuff in the backyard he forgot about and they were stacked pyramid like they all went solid and it looked cool till he made me dump it
"don't have a concrete floor" That just gave me an idea for a gym. Can't wreck a floor dropping heavy weights if you don't have a floor!
And walking in loose sand is it’s own workout
Be a man and breath that dust 💪🏻
I also don't have a flat floor. My garage is really a sloped paved area that's just enclosed. Years ago I got myself 4 old steel rims and welded a scissor jack to each and then a 3 x 3 steel plate on top of each jack. I've build many gates on these. You can use them on any surface and always get a level plane. Also you can set them for any size you need.
Very Nice. It probably puts things at a better working height, and you can roll them out of they way when you want to take the floor space back for something else.
Hey great idea, do you have any pics?
Another Saturday video-as it should be. Thanks
I just love how you need a little piece of something. You go to somewhere pick it up and bring it back and use it. My wife for 30 years now. still aint figured out. That's why I have this these piles of metal. At certain parts of the property.
I can't wait to see you fab'ing those gates!! It's been a pleasure thus far, but it's all work I've either done before, or have seen before... but the fabrication of this gate (these gates?? lol)isn't something I see much of... and after watching every episode of the spec house (I discovered your channel right after you poured the retaining wall, and watched every episode as you published them...but I even went back and watched the ones I missed) - and let me tell you that you did a FANTASTIC JOB on covering pretty much every step of building a home and I learned so much from your series!!!! (and I LOVED every bit of it) - I KNOW I'm in good hands when it comes to blacksmithing and fabrication when I'm watching THE Essential Craftsman!
I know you have quite a bit of metal working videos, but I've only watched a handful of them... I tend to watch your channel when I see your newest video show up under my Subscriptions page on CZcams, and there just isn't always enough time to go into your back catalog and watch more than 2 other video aside from your newest.... So I have been hoping you would have another metalworking project soon :)
And I just KNOW I can trust your advice, mainly because when it's something I already know, you say the same thing I would LOL - so I just wanted to say Thank YOU and Your Family/Team for all the work you put into these videos... It's hard to find REAL PEOPLE on CZcams these days... most are just people putting on a show just for views... You are the REAL DEAL... Thank You. :)
As for why the concrete floor dropped, it could just be moisture in the ground. Placing a big concrete slab over a piece of soil changes the conditions.
Not quite sure what soil type you have there, but soil, expands, and contracts with moisture, and does so unevenly, and a few inches of movement is not unheard of.
So you might’ve done a perfect job 15 years is a long time :)
We have things going up and down by as much as eight or more meters here in New Zealand, but it's not from moisture in the ground
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The packing tool you fabricated for the grout is ingenious! Thank you.
A mason would have used his brick hammer or whatever tool he had handy to pack that grout.
I truly enjoy seeing and hearing about your projects on CZcams. I don't consider you as being a "social media influrencer" but as a highly trained and knowledgeable teacher. Your projects are always well thought out . Well done!
Thanks for the videos.
I enjoy seeing the progress of the gate!
A damp sponge comes in handy with that kind of cement/grout work
amusing for me to have seen this as a finished product, before seeing this video. Never imagined so much had gone into it!
I should have know better, neh? like so many projects, the set-up, the jigs, the staging......all the background work, is the real key to success later on. Darrell
Coming along nicely! I-beam I have "on hand"...ha ha. Gotta love it!
Have a great day Scott! Greets from Poland!
I am impressed with the epoxy painting (and the welders work too) - as an alternative to Epoxy paint if you want to be a bit simpler and more DIY try Flood Penetrol as a direct primer and then follow with two coats oil based alkyd - cut the first coat with 30% Penetrol and cut the second coat (last) cut with 20% Penetrol - We did a a lamp post 30 years ago with that formula - it sits next to the Atlantic Ocean and just this past year the anchor / levelling bolts starting to show rust. If you do not have a gifted painter available this Penetrol solution seems to work next to the ocean. Penetorl is a paint leveller and you can get a pretty good finish with just a roller or paint brush. You can also brush clear Penetrol on your favourite tools to deter rust - amazing product.
That really is a cave of wonders.
So just 3 weeks ago I did something very similar in order to build my 9’x14’ doors for my home shop. I have to say I can’t wait for my jib cranes but my uni strut mono rail crane did a great job for this old man. Keep up the great videos.
Ingenuity always succeeds where less is more!
I’m not sure I like your second hand float (3:26) as much as the first one you used. On that note, you may be one of the only people on CZcams who has a proper float and it has been used before. 😂
great vids. Thx
Keep up the good work
Hey Scott
When going for accuracy on a level plane just use a transit. Lasers are not good enough. I know it takes two people which you may not have. Cheers from Montana.
A piece of metal banding is a great way to puddle non shrink grout under the baseplates after you pack it in . Great work Scott
Thank you for sharing this build. I'm impressed with it's grand size so far.
I'm curious to see what the new fence looks like too.
in his 60's and he still corrects his grammar. is/are. love it. Always trying to be better.
Beautiful!! This is my favorite series on CZcams at the moment.
Your past work really is magical. Stunningly so.
Love watching your videos. You and my late father in law were cut from the same cloth. Even small tasks around the shop were learning experiences.
Well, if the continuation of the universe depended on me getting something perfectly flat and level, I'm afraid we'd be in for it. lol, it's a good thing I only have to worry about gardening most of the time.
Nice! I am looking forward to the finished gate, it looks as though it is going to be awesome.
Thank you Sir for another great video and looking forward to the next one.
A gate for a King!!
Despite it not being as ornate as some of your past work, this is still very much an heirloom piece.
Drainage, 3/4”. In the back of your mind you wanted drainage for your shop floor and just built it that way, haha. Thanks for the video, love to watch the thought process used to achieve the end goal. Thank you sir, one hell of a gate you got there.
Your vertical frame supports can have adjustable feet 5/8 or 3/4 threaded rod .
Once adjusted and fine tuned to perfect then lock the nuts so vibration doesn't make things out of wack
Beautiful iron work there at the end. Thank you for showing us that. That gate is going to look good too. I see why you love this stuff.
Always feel inspired by your work.
Inspiring as always. Keep up the good work.
I'm telling you...
This old man is a 💪POWERHOUSE🏘️. So fun to watch him Create in his man cave. Be Safe
Great video look forward to the "Blacksmith" gate video!
You're not a bad mason! Don't forget to seal it with a high quality sealer!
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻lookin great!
Oh, I've gotten yelled at by higher ups, over no shrink grout on light poles..... spec is spec and right is right...
I absolutely love it. Keep up the good work. 👍
For grouting under those posts i would have formed it and put a little birds mouth on it that can be easily chipped off after its set. That way you could use a pencil vibrator to make sure all the air pockets are filled
The way he did it is the trade accepted way of doing this job, but there’s always more than one way to skin a cat. Lol
@@Hoaxer51 I know that's the trade accepted way. I did concrete for 10 years. I just always found it easier to form it and pour it than shove it under. To each their own
@@Skipdogg15, As a cement mason I’ve done a ton of these and they’re always a pain in the butt, it seems like you spend more time cleaning everything off when you’re done than you do actually filling underneath machinery or columns.
Looking at your design it seems you may get the best of both worlds in it!
You get your strong, functional gate now ....... and there is the ability to embellish it at your leisure (maybe with some family participation, later!
You put that 3/4 inch slope for water drainage 👍🏾
12:30 Fresh paint is always a delight on a clean surface! No matter is it a house, a single wall, furniture, a car, or whatever component : -)
Excellent video! As always….👍
Beautiful absolutely stunning
3:09 nice fabrication of an embedment plate with Nelson studs. 👍🏼
looks really neat
Looking great little by little, it's coming along
I’m really digging this series. Thanks guys
Beautiful job as always 👏.
THANK YOU . KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Looking great! Looking forward to the next episode.
Thanks for all the awesome videos and amazing content!!
A great man, a great channel.
Lovely work by all! 👍
Thank You, great lessons.
I don’t know what it is, but there is just something about a base plate that’s been grouted and troweled to a nice 45 degree chamfer. Looks good 👌
Really enjoying this series!
Puddin’ for the crane. The crane likes puddin’? Guess I need to clean my ears out. 😊
Seems you are basically building a chassis table. Look forward to seeing this project develop.
Definitely going to have top get yourself a set of pipe jack stands.
outstanding!
Nice job…professional at its best
Great content Scott, loved watching it
This video brings me back to the old saying: Don't try to kill a fly with a cannon.
Nice work.
Slick work👍
Good job 😊
finally.. have been waiting for the next episode
Another great video !
Great job 👍 buddy 👏
When are you posting the video of the gate? After watching this video I would doubt if I would see any build like this locally.
Hey man! Where is part six? I can’t wait.
The non-shrink grout turned out great. Why not design it so the plates can sit flat on the concrete though? Was this strictly a cosmetic/design decision or is there a functional reason for having the plates lifted?
One reason is that concrete shrinks as it dries, so all that time you spent leveling the concrete will be undone as it dries. It’s better to leave it a bit low and grout under what you are setting in place. It’s the most cost effective way to do this type of job.
And keep up the good work! 😊
300 years from now.. some archeologists will find the gate standing. And wonder what kind of a king lived there. That thing is a beast!
Nice.
Hey Scott/nate I had a question “video recommendation” to make, I was wondering if you can make an update on your tool belt bags, always what brand of bags do,you carry? Let me know thank you!, 🙏
Hi Kenny! (09:42)
My knees pain every time I see you on your knees without knee pads!!
Maybe I missed it, but can you please explain a little bit more about where are you put the grout in.
Maybe I need to have more coffee before watching these great videos . . . when an excavator started working on an inside floor I thought it must be an Andrew Camarata project . . . but then Scott began a (very) in depth explanation and it was clear who and where we were . . . but then a front loader was bringing in I-beams . . . please, don't bring any spirited Labrador retrievers on camera (unless they're delivering expert commentary) . . . and keeping up the good work, of course!
Know Anything on using Hemp-crete ? Read some things here n there, haven't a clue as to how to get some or make it.
Are you going to go back and add a couple of weep holes to that grout? I'd hate to see these gates fail prematurely to rust.
Is there going to be a gate #6 video?
Hehe, shoulda added a timer overlay on the video right after the mix went into the bucket - to add some suspense!
Thanks..KUTGW
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Did the final video for this get posted? Maybe I missed it.
Were those power lines by the crane?
So how come you couldn't just place the metal flush with the concrete footing?