Turning sliding gate - GIF

[Altair]

Turning sliding gate.




Previously:

Seatbelt buckle gate lock - GIF
Ball screw swinging gate mechanism - GIF
Self-closing gate latch - GIF
Multi-unlocking gate - GIF
Rambler gate - photos

[Frank S]

A gate or door like this can be made to be very secure. If the more or less fixed end is closed into a groove and the swing end is locked from inside in the middle with a strong dead bolt about the middle, it would ve quite difficult to breach

[Fluffle-Valve]

I'm liking the door.

[Floradawg]

I'm liking the door.

Yeah me too. It doesn't get in the way.

[Toolmaker51]

Yeah me too. It doesn't get in the way.

Very true; the best each of a swinging and sliding door. Being supported on both ends wouldn't seem too hard to get aligned. With a yard to fence in, this just moved up as a solution; bordered by streets on 3 sides.

[Hoosiersmoker]

Would be problematic if you used it across a driveway though, unless it has a self cleaning track on the bottom. the bottom track would collect debris either way though.

[Toolmaker51]

Would be problematic if you used it across a driveway though, unless it has a self cleaning track on the bottom. the bottom track would collect debris either way though.

Two streets are paved, one dirt alley, my lot is gravel. Been visualizing that, what kind of fouling the tracks will get. I'd have to make them, largest commercial versions are expensive (and not all that large) with Vee grooved wheels on inverted ^ angle iron. They'd be shielded inside by door thickness, and a kingpin to swivel on. Seems the top, on heavy barn hardware, would do the trick. Another would be type of crane trolleys (articulating) that follow curved rails. Should need some height to clear semi-trailer offloading long material.
Still getting on top of how to figure gate placement, frontage is wide enough but 1-way street, Not excessive traffic, apartment building across street has dumpsters pulled out twice a week. South side two way but only 1 way at a time. The alley is rather poor, but is access to load dock.
Think I should fish up a semi-trucker and have him back in before ANY fencing goes in, paint the paths and work out from that.