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Building a gate the right way.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...315#post200175
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...768#post198141
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...011#post137794
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...098#post125786
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...123#post145396
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...375#post138931

Would it work OK if you bolted the ends of the diagonal, putting it in tension? Carl.

Of course. I was taught to always put members in tension, because if they are in compression they can deform perpendicular to the force applied and bend out of shape.
Compression works fine as long as the member itself has enough rigidity to withstand any side loads that are imposed. Wood would definitely warp and cause issues under compression unless massively oversized. This adds weight and expense.
Think about if you were using twisted wire as the diagonal brace, you would want it in tension as it is useless in compression.
Because the tension member was not properly anchored in this video, it is miss-leading.

When in doubt just add make it an X then you are covered either way.LOL

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Originally Posted by piper184

Of course. I was taught to always put members in tension, because if they are in compression they can deform perpendicular to the force applied and bend out of shape.
Compression works fine as long as the member itself has enough rigidity to withstand any side loads that are imposed. Wood would definitely warp and cause issues under compression unless massively oversized. This adds weight and expense.
Think about if you were using twisted wire as the diagonal brace, you would want it in tension as it is useless in compression.
Because the tension member was not properly anchored in this video, it is miss-leading.

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You are correct. A turnbuckle and rod would only work one way but a properly attached wood member would work in the same orientation as the rod or opposite.
Who is this miss-leading. Is she pretty?

miss-leading is the sneaky sister of miss-guided and miss-spelled!

Yes, but question was, is she pretty. Inquiring minds want to know

That depends on if it is closing time or the morning after.....
Eye of the beholder and all that. :D

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Originally Posted by piper184

That depends on if it is closing time or the morning after.....
Eye of the beholder and all that. :D

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So you are saying that the more adult beverages consumed the better looking they get. My problem there would be I would wind up with miss-stake instead

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Originally Posted by Frank S

So you are saying that the more adult beverages consumed the better looking they get. My problem there would be I would wind up with miss-stake instead

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The girls all get prettier at closing time.

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Originally Posted by Floradawg

The girls all get prettier at closing time.

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But when I woke up with a number one I swore off ever doing it again. My second time around may have only been a solid 7 on the outside at the time but she turned out to be a 100 on the inside, for some reason I can't fathom a reason why she kept me

ANN MORE HAS LOTS OF SISTERS, ANN MORE.
i DONT SEE DEFAMATION BEING A ISSUE. JUST BE SURE OF WITCH STUD YOU USE TO NAIL ANN MORE. AND DONT MET HER BROTHER BENJIMAN HEAR ABOUT IT OR THERE MAY BE A DEFAMATION SUIT HE WEARS TO THE HEARING OF THE WILL,AFTER HE SLAPS A SUIT ON SOME ROCK...POSSIABLY THE ROCKS SEEN CROSSING THE POTOMIC TRYING TO GET WAY FROM OSCAR, HE IS GOING TO COOK HIS WEINER.