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digga

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  1. yes thanks again for everyones help
  2. thank you for taking the time to reply its coming a bit clearer now as i said here to learn and theres such a lot of valuable knowledge here wanted to ask a few questions even though some may seem stupid and get it right. before messing up and still might see if i can do something on excel to calculate offset for those gates where the verticle positions of pivot is allready fixed on pre supplied gates
  3. hi i was after some help. i have to put up a lot of gates ( both metal & wooden ) and sometimes come up against the age old problem of gates having to rise up a slope as they open but be close to the ground when shut i know how to achieve this by offseting the bottome hinge. \what im after the help with is how to calculate the offset was thinking of maybe doing something on excel to calculate for different width gates and amount of rise needed i done a bit of a search before posting and come across the self rising gate hinge thread . where i see a reply from john b said Distance to offset centres of the hinge pins can be calculated by measuring the vertical distance between the hinge points and multiplying this size by the rise required, the result being divided by the length of the gate so wanting to check i have this right before messing up anything expensive i measure the verticle distance between the pins ( must confess been hanging gates for a while and didnt think this measument would make much difference but here to learn ) then mutiply that by the rise needed and divide that by lengh of gate is this including the eyes on the gate so you measure it from the centre so you have the mark for your pin location on the post ? many thanks david
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