"I wonder if Steve could elaborate on the masterpiece gate. I believe all the joins are real mortice and tenon joints? "
Well, sort of. I set up my aging Unimat SL as a milling machine. I marked the positions of the horizontal bars on the uprights. These were held central to the drill axis in the machine vice. I then used a twist drill of a suitable diameter as a crude milling cutter, making several passes till it cut right through. Once all the slots (mortises? ) were done, the rounded ends were filed square with a 1mm square needle file... now £45 from Squires
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The heavier section top and bottom rails were butt jointed, reinforced with brass wire pins.
