Re: Garden gate closing hardware
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- Subject: Re: Garden gate closing hardware
- From: J* W*
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 19:46:10 -0500
There are weights sold for divers in scuba equipment places. Our dump is
also filled with assorted pieces of iron that could be interesting shapes.
Judy Warner
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From: Nan Sterman <nsterman@mindsovermatter.com>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: Friday, November 20, 1998 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: Garden gate closing hardware
>Thanks Don,
>
>Your drawings certainly capture the idea, though the one I saw did not have
>a pulley. I guess the biggest question in my mind is what to use for a
>weight. Several folks have sent me e-mail privately in response to this
>issue and one of the most creative ideas is to use an old boot filled with
>sand as a weight! What will gardeners think of next????
>
>Nan
>
>
>>Hi Nan,
>>
>>I know the kind of closure you mean. I don't know that it has a specific
>>name and I've never seen anything like it commercially available.
However,
>>with a little tinkering, it shouldn't be too difficult to construct. I've
>>made up a graphic of the two types that I've seen and placed it on my Web
>>page.
>>You can see it at: http://www.execpc.com/~llmen/fence.gif
>>
>>These drawings aren't meant to be perfectly to scale, but could be used
>>help refine the concept.
>>
>>Don Martinson
>>Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (Milwaukee suburb)
>>USDA Zone 5 (-10 to -20F)
>>Heat Zone #4
>>
>>
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>Nan Sterman
>San Diego County California
>Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
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