As furniture enthusiasts, the Chop Shop dabbles in small-scale wood and metal working but could our ‘handiness’ transfer from the furniture scale to the light-duty construction scale? Sure. Well, mostly.
The Chop Shop needed a gate, one that would close off our alley adjacent workspace yet still open widely for access. Emboldened by the crazy-high quotes from fence contractors, we set about building the project ourselves. A cool year later, our sliding gate stands.
Handle and latch design inspired by (or directly copied from) the Tom Kundig/12th Ave Iron collection. A highly sophisticated, custom tool was required to polish the round handles after welding the end caps (purchase of a metal lathe was deemed excessive by one half of the Chop Shop).
A sincere thanks to visiting family, who took breaks from Grandparenting to help build the gate.
