The gate I posted pictures of months ago leaned up against a wall has been installed since the beginning of December. Issues with the power company, the electrician having "bigger jobs that are more important" and other things delayed the actual operation of the gates. During my time as a tower monkey they got it all wired in and construction debris cleaned up so it did not look like a bomb went off. Thought I'd share the completed pics.
Yeah, that little bit of offset. I don't think it's the angle but the gate operators. Gates were identical off the shelf sort of speak but the operators are set in the driveway so they have no arms, mechanical linkage. The gates sit on the operator so if they were a little off on the height I'd say thats where my offset came from. I was shocked at the gap we have between the gates. It's about 1/4"! My friend the gate automation guy moved the boxes in a smidge and when we set the gates we were nervous they would hit. We sat there and watched them operate and you can't even hear the motor for the gate operators. Quiet country road and they just silently move. No clanging from mechanical arms, linkage and no ugly hardware hanging off the inside of the gate to take away from the gates themselves.
The 3/16" bothers me, client is tickled to death and with the friends they have coming in and out of there due to their occupations I look forward to future clients. This color powder coat is going to be a pain though. No touch up paint available and cannot be made so any dings, scratches they get will be nearly impossible to repair and have it look right. Next time I'll push my way in more on the setting of the operators so I can apply my analness to the precision!
Thanks for the comments!! Will try harder on that 3/16"!!!
I have built a custom gate or two in my days. I look at how smooth the fabrication work is...looks like one damm piece. The finish is lacking any blemishes or flaws. The gap between the two is perfect bottom to top....I am sure Shawn designed it...pretty artful and ambitious with the budget given and well fabricated.....a lot of people would have cheapened it up or cut corners on the quality somewhere. Since it has post hidden actuators I bet it was a ***** to set. Good job Shawn...really I could not have done better on my very best day.
there is a company that makes RIDICULOUSLY overpriced touch up spray paint for powder coat finishes, stuff is like $60 a can but i have some that matched a rootbeer brown metallic powder coat that was an absolutely perfect match. My powder coater got it for me.
Yeah, the company is called Orbit out of Lubbock, Tx. They cannot match this powder color. I called and asked and they told me if I found somebody that could do it to let them know who it was. The cost of the paint to custom make is a minimum order of 12 cans I believe. Ordering standard colors runs about $15 dollars or so for a spray can, not a bad price. I've got several cans in the office, metallics, whites, blacks for the basic colors but this gate was a custom made color for a country music giant. Our powder coater had left overs and my client liked the color. We actually called it xxxxxxxx powder color(singers last name) as we did not know the technical name.
The pictures don't do this color justice. You would have to see it in real life and walk around it on a sunny day to appreciate it. Greens, browns, bronze just an amazing color but also expensive as heck. I guess this is why I like doing jobs like this. They have the money to let your imagination run wild and you can let the creative side roam free. Some clients want you to go crazy until they get the price. I've got books full of my designs made for clients that fell over once they got the price.
That Orbit paint though is excellent. Got some flat black for a clients rail and did some touch up 6 months later and it matched perfectly.