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   Guest_ | Jun 21, 2000 10:58pm | #1

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   It probably doesn't make much difference but I would place it in tension. A long narrow member like this will bend under compression.

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   Guest_ | Jun 21, 2000 11:32pm | #2

   *I was taught to place the brace in compression against the bottom of the post so the weight of the gate doesnt pull the top of the post over.JonC

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   Guest_ | Jun 21, 2000 11:52pm | #3

   *Man you guys are technical. Is that High on the latch side and low on the hinge side? If so, that's what I'd do. But why not do something goofy and see who notices when watching. This isn't an instructional video is it? I've got a good one about that tornado film-Twister. Ah well, just a thought.Will our names appear in the credits at the end? Could you slow that part down. My mother in law doesn't read so fast anymore.Best of luck.

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   Guest_ | Jun 21, 2000 11:58pm | #4

   *Compression. Fastened along the way to the pickets. This way you are putting the wood and the fastners to work. Usually a material in similar dimension to the upper and lower rails that the pickets are fastened to. Want it real authentic? Drive nails through the picket and brace that are a little too long and bend 'em over on the back side of the brace. Depends on the economic setting of course, you didn't specify. Don't forget to blob enough paint all over everything to get the right texture. The turnbuckle assembly you might see on a wood screen door, not with a cable but with a slender rod (less than 1/8" dia.) threaded into the turnbuckle with eyelets on the ends for running a screw through into the door stiles. Now that you would see running in tension from the upper hinge side to the lower latch side. Most of the old stuff has slotted head screws if you get worried about any close up shots.

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   Sam_Page | Jun 22, 2000 06:20pm | #5

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   Thanks for your help, I'll pass your info on to the set designers and see what happens. In all actuallity, you probably won't be able to see it at all, but if you want to give a look the movie is as of yet untitled ("The Untitled Barber Movie",) but it's the new Coen brothers film (after "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?")
   Thanks again, Sam

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   Sam_Page | Jun 23, 2000 12:37am | #6

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   I am working on a period film in LA and we are having a little argument in the art department as to the diagonal brace on a fence gate. The question is this, should the diagonal brace on the gate be in tension or compression? The film takes place in 1949, so I imagine that the use of cable and turnbuckle would not be in common practice, it would probably be a piece that would match the rails. Thank you for your help,
   am.

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   Guest_ | Jun 23, 2000 12:37am | #7

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   I think compression is best too, but not to keep the post from falling over. There is the same amount of force (weight) exerted on the post whether the brace is in tension or compression. Under compression, you have the brace bearing against top and bottom members, as the gate tries to sag, it puts more pressure in the brace itself. Under tension, you are relying on the fasteners in the brace to keep the gate from sagging, not the brace itself.

   Hope this is clear, Steve.