In an earlier blog posting regarding my stone wall construction, it was not mentioned that an opening was left in the stone wall where a metal gate would be the perfect addition.
[See blog dated 3/17/09 "Stoned" on Stone Walls]
Over the last few days, our son Jason responded by scrounging around the local area to find metal rods from an old bed mattress foundation [... abandoned in a wooded dump area] and two discarded microwave ovens.
- From the mattress springs he cut out metal rods, designing and bending the rods into an esthetically pleasing gate, complete with latch.
- From the microwave units, he utilized the transformers to construct an arc welder.
- From there he welded the bed springs into a functioning gate.
The "homemade" arc welder.
Jason spot welds the gate components into a single unit.
The finished unit
..."Welcome" to a little less trashy world.
Pretty cool!
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