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 Stairgate

General description

The brief  was for a quality wooden stairgate that would swing  through 180 deg . In the picture below you can see the gate swung back against the landing balustrade.

The gate has been made from American Cherry. It is hung on "soss" hinges. Tricky to fit and very expensive, their principle advantage is that they "disappear"  when the gate/door is closed.

Photo  below: The  gate in the closed position.  No sign of the hinges.

Photos below : Below left, looking up the stairs, the wooden catch can be seen. As there is a lot of wood in the house it seemed a shame to fit a  rather basic metal catch on so, I made this one. The body  and bolt of the catch were turned up on my lathe ( see  Finials)  the slots were  machined by fitting the body into a jig and  by moving the body around BELOW a router, much as metal might be milled on a vertical mill.

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