When I grow up.....

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I want to build gates like this guy does.... http://vulcan-forge.com/new_page_2.htm"Breakout" is in Murphy, between Wylie and Plano.  People often ask if it's one of mine.  I have to point out it isn't.  Maybe one of these days I'll be good enough .............(he's raised the bar pretty high.  Check out "the tree" at the bottom of the gallery page, awesome is an understatement)life is good
Reply:The "Big Tree"... Holy smokes that thing is awesome. How long would it take to cut and mount 2500 custom made leaves?-D
Reply:all i can say is WOW  bet that took awhile
Reply:His horses make my rose gate I did back in 92 look rather silly.If only I'd taken more time, had more talent, and been a little smarter.....  Attached Imageslife is good
Reply:Some interesting points about that gate.The material is one and a half by quarter inch stock.  The bender I made.  It was a copy of a Hossfield and it was just for that one job.One of my handicaps is I can't draw.  I've accepted that as a plus instead of a negative.  You see drawing is copying.  I try not to copy.So on this gate even though I couldn't draw it out I could destroy a couple hundred feet of bar stock trying to come up with a repetitive pattern.  Nature is nothing but repetitive patterns repeated over and again.Once I discovered the pattern then I could repete it just varying the size.Now let's say you'd really like to make something similar to this or maybe even as advanced as what Vulcan-Forge creates.  But you can't draw.No excuse.  I can't draw and I made the rose without learning how to draw.But you don't have a bender that'll do that kind of work.No excuse.  You can buy a piece of junk from Harbor Freight that will suffice or you can look at some pictures of a Hossfield and make your own.  That's what I did.If there are not legitimate excuses then what's holding you back? Attached Imageslife is good
Reply:Vulcan's Forge guys work is unbelievable.  His work definately does lean towards horses, or his customers do.Harv, you've got nothing to hide from.  I've seen your work/projects that you've done and its solid.  Ingenuity, quality and practical, not just something to look at.Here in the Great White NorthMosquitoes can't fly at 40 below