06-19-2010, 12:04 PM
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!!..Just gorgeous junk..!!
, and a genuinely judicious juxtaposition of that junk, too.
Steamtrains Wrote:BTW....What's the logic behind the placement of the diagonal braces on those doors..??
I had always thought that it was because wood is stronger in compression than it is in tension, but, since that's not the case, there must be another reason. I'd guess that it's because the diagonal brace transfers the weight of the gate to the bottom of the post rather than the top, where it's less likely to pull (or push, in this case), the post out of alignment. It also helps to keep the forces within the gate working to hold the gate itself together, rather that allowing its own weight to pull it apart at the fasteners.
Wayne
