Deck Gate

[fun4now]

i even took the time to wait on dial up to see it, thats a great tool. well thought out and looks like it works great.

[monte55]

Hope it helps some

[kiwi]

Nick,
Thanks for taking the time to post the photos and the videos. That is truly amazing!!!!
Nick

[fun4now]

very cool, and very safe too. nicely done.
so whats the market $$, wait time for delivery, and shipping?
do us members get a discount ?

[monte55]

It's turns off after i revolution. If I hold the button in, it will continue to run.
And yes, it has twisted many pickets.

[fun4now]

that twister is great. do you have it set up to do 1 rotation and stop or run cont. or did it stop after 1 turn for some other reason??
you must make a lot of stuff to put that kind of tool together, but man it must be nice to have now.

[KBar]

If they start to misbehave, you can always threaten them saying they'll go back to the home if they don't straighten up.

Tried that with my wife one time but it didn't work

[Bert]

Monte,
video was cool, nothing wrong with that!!!!!!!!!!
thanks, you make some cool tools!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mattf301]

Hey Monte, I know we're being a pain, but can you give us a list of materials for the machine?

[monte55]

Kiwi, Pics I promised for you and others if interested..

Hey Monte,
I wondered if you missed my post on the picket twister, and the ability to fabricate rings.
Thanks,
Nick

Here are some pics of the twister. The gear box is a 41 to 1 ratio running a
1/2 hp 1725 rpm 120 volt mtr. The base is an I Beam which works well for clamping and is very rigid. When we first made this, we had marks on the gears, and started and stopped the machine manually. If you had a good day and your timing was good; no problems. But, under twisting or over twisting is a real pain. So I ended up making a micro switch assembly so once I turn on the power I push a button once for one revolution. If I want a double twist, I hit it twice, etc. The mandrel that the pickets slide into is a
half inch drive socket welded onto a tube, which as you will see in the picture, has different stops for various lengths of pickets.
Below are some stills of the machine and rings that have been made. The size of the rings obviously depend on the size of your mandrel. Also, I am supplying links to a couple videos of the machine in action.
Don't complain about the quality of the video and pics as these were done in a hurry but I think you will get the idea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9l4mgE-MDY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0W1J7XIaRs

[monte55]

One thing about adopting a dog. If they start to misbehave, you can always threaten them saying they'll go back to the home if they don't straighten up. Idle threats, I might add.

[willy]

Some other pictures of our Chows that ducked out when I tried to take pictures of the gate with our Chows peering through. The picture of the black dog is a picture of a picture because he chose to stay inside while I was taking pictures. We rescued him also in 2004 from a local Rescue; a few months prior to adopting the white Chow from Huntsville, Alabama. which we rescued in Oct, 2004.

Nice looking Dogs - gates look good too! Glad there are people like you to rescue these animals

Never trust a man who doesnt own a dog!

[kiwi]

Sorry, been a bit busy. First chance I get. I'll take some pics of the twister.

Thanks,
Nick

[monte55]

Hey Monte,
I wondered if you missed my post on the picket twister, and the ability to fabricate rings.
Thanks,
Nick

Sorry, been a bit busy. First chance I get. I'll take some pics of the twister.

[kiwi]

Hey Monte,
I wondered if you missed my post on the picket twister, and the ability to fabricate rings.
Thanks,
Nick