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Ryan Olivieri, Inc.
512-920-9845

BACK YARD GATE

Cedar Park, Texas

June 12, 2022

This gate system is Eastern
Red Cedar with some pressure
treated pine.

I set the Cedar posts about
four feet into the ground.

I peeled the rest of the
bark and mortised a Cedar
4x12 into the tops.

I started the gate with 4x6
pressure treated Pine joined
by mortise and tenon.

I hung the gate frame on its
hinges and fit some stops and
a latch so it could be clad
in place.

The gate has tapered seats that
close against 1 3/8" pins set
into the posts more than
12 inches. The latch is a long
piece of 6 x 3/8 inch plate.

I bent the strike plate out of
1/4 inch steel.

The cladding arrived as 1 inch
thick live edge boards and
I beveled them 20º at the edges
to obscure any gaps.

Hutto, Texas

December 24, 2021

I made this Red Cedar jungle
gym based on the client's
inspiration. She supplied
the accessories.

Just in time for Christmas

The finish is just coarse
sandpaper and gallons of
linseed oil.