Author: Adam Kinney

Gate For the Back Deck

Gate For the Back Deck

This one is from my beautiful bride, You can check out her awesome works on the web at Twine and Tumbleweeds or on Facebook   HandyHubs is my knight in a flannel! This dog gate is going to keep our dogs healthy and breathing. Keeping 

Pencil Mark Problems!

Pencil Mark Problems!

If you are anything like me, you make pencil marks on just about everything. On lumber for cutting, sketch pads, even walls when you’re trying to hang pictures or shelves and what not. Pictured in the photo was me hanging a shelf (JK ha)… Maybe? 

Conference Room Table for Elevate Insurance

Conference Room Table for Elevate Insurance

One last project before we close out 2020 delivered. Our friends at Elevate Insurance were in need of a conference table to match the other pieces we created for them. Using  2X6 and 1X6 premium pine, we created this 8′  X 35″  V-legged Table.

Prepping For Pocket Holes
Prepping For Pocket Holes

We ripped 13 2X6 X8’s down to 5 inches, taking the rounded edges off the table, then ran them through the planer to clean up the main surfaces. Using our Handy Dandy KregJig, we then added a series of pocket holes. Putting Gorilla Wood Glue in between the boards, we then pocket screwed the boards together making sure we reversed the grains on each board to avoid warping. Then clamped them to keep them tight while the glue dried. We let them sit overnight in a nice 70 degrees.

V Leg Assembly
V Leg Assembly

Meanwhile, I assembled the V-Legs and lined them up on the support boards.

Once everything was dry we took a special touch and hand plained the excess glue off and did several passes with various grits of sandpaper for a nice smooth finish.

Merideth stained them with Minwax, Dark Walnut penerating wood stain, which really brought out the design of the grain. the table was sealed with our favorite poly, Polycrylic Protective Finish.

Delivered Just before New Year, the Crew at Elevate was ecstatic!

Visit our Friends Markese and Cherise Green At Elevate Insurance Agency!

Located at 1800 Capitol Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82001
Email: elevateinsurancewy@gmail.com
Phone: 307-638-7770

 

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Fencing for the Pups!

Fencing for the Pups!

Welcome to the Farm! We are so Excited to Start our new adventures!. Kinda overwhelming at the moment but we will settle in. As we are Moving in, one of the first things we had to do was finish off the fence in the back 

Headboard Bench

Headboard Bench

This is one of our first projects, Merideth bought an old headboard at a garage sale and had a great vision of this bench. We took it home and sanded all the old lacquer and paint, lots of sanding and really not my favorite thing 

DIY Stair Gates – Baby Gate – Dog Gate

DIY Stair Gates – Baby Gate – Dog Gate

So around these parts (ha ha ha) and probably in your neck of the woods too, new homes are being built so incredibly fast. They are beautiful with gorgeous wood trim, hardwood flooring, TALL basements, wide staircases… I could go on and on – but let’s get back to the WIDE STAIRCASES…. You have dogs? Me too. You have kiddos? I use to have littles, now I have bigs. Regardless, it is challenging to find gates that fit the wider staircases, and down below is usually a pretty hefty set of stairs.

We understand how frustrating it is to order online for a one fits all solution that doesn’t work and costs a ton of money. HandyHubs and I began building custom gates because we had customers who needed these solutions, and desired an affordable solution. Our gates are built from pine or other hardwoods, using Kreg holes, screws and wood glue to ensure the framing and centerpieces are firmly secure.  We use heavy-duty hardware gate lift hinges and gate locks for an easy swing, safe open and shut gate system.

So far, we have installed four custom gates in our local area. Gates are built custom to fit your needs and to your color specifications.  Due to the customized nature of the gates, we do not take online orders that are outside of our immediate service area.

If you are interested in a DIY gate solution, here is some more information on how to achieve a simple, affordable gate that looks great in your home and won’t break the bank!

Some things you will need:

  • Stair Gate
    Custom Stair Gate

    2×4’s equaling the length you want to use

  • Gate hardware ( Hinges X2 and a latch). You can use whatever hinges and latches that will fit your needs and space. We found some heavy duty ones at Menards that we really like.
  • Bolts for mounting the hardware – depends on your needs.
  • Kreg Jig
  • 2″ Screws
  • Wood Glue (we use Gorilla Wood Glue)
  • Anchors (if mounting into drywall with no stud)
  • 1 1/2″ inch screws (don’t necessarily need to use Kreg screws).
  • Drill
  • Drill Bit
  • Measuring tape
  • Level

One thing you do have to know is the measurement of your hardware before you build your gate. Handy Hubs recommends actually temporarily installing your hardware mountboard (See on the right side of the picture painted white) and one set of your hardware. Attach a 2×4 to the desired length making sure you leave plenty of room for the clasp arm and decorative trim, as seen on the left banister, so it does not interfere with the swing. Once you have you the overall length you can start building.

If you look at the pictures, you can see that there is baseboard trim that needs to be taken into consideration on the mount side of the gate and on the latch side, the banister also has trim. This impacts the measurements of the gate. Additionally, the customer opted to have their gate swing towards them rather than away. If it had swung away, the latch and the mount side would have been switched and the railing would have needed to be accounted for. For this build and installation, we were fortunate to have a solid wall on the mount side with no obstructions other than the wide base trim piece.

Custom Stair Gate
Custom Stair Gate

To build this gate, we begin with the frame construction. We started with 2X4s cut to the sizes we needed, with the top and the bottom fitting in-between the two side pieces. We use our planer to plane the boards down to where they were about  1 3/8″ thick. This eliminates the roundness from the edges of the 2X4s. We then Kreg jigged ( Kreg setting to 1 1/2″) the top and the bottom boards so they would attach to the sides using the 2-inch screws.

With another 2X4, we cut the centerpieces to length and then planed them down to 7/8″. Then again Kreg jigged ( Kreg setting to 7/8″) each end of each board, making sure to do so on the same side of the board.

We lined up the boards with the side we would consider the front, measured and spaced them out evenly then attached the centers with the 1 1/2″ screws.

Next, we attached the hardware to the gate where we wanted it then, propped it up against the wall mount board to attach the hinge side of the hardware and the latch.  One thing we like about the hardware we picked is that it is pretty heavy duty metal, which requires anchors into the wall if you don’t have a stud to mount into. If the customer ever needs to remove the gate, they simply unlatch it, and lift up to remove it off the hardware we use.  Little ones can’t lift it because it’s a tight fit, so no worries there!

Please note, if you don’t have a planer that is fine all the boards can be the same thickness we just like the finished look and weight of the planed boards.

 

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