TOP HINGE OF FARM GATE.
detail of hingeFig. 255.—Top Hinge Of Farm Gate.
Fig. 255.—Top Hinge Of Farm Gate.
Fig. 255.—Top Hinge Of Farm Gate.
Continual use, more or less slamming, and the action of the weather, make the gate settle somewhat, but the illustration,figure 255, shows a hinge which obviates this trouble. The upper hinge is made of a half-inch rod, about sixteen inches long, with an eye on one end, and a long screw-thread cut upon the other. Thisthread works in a nut, which nut has a bolt shank and nut, whereby it is firmly attached to the top bar of the gate. If the gate sags at all, it must be simply lifted off the thumbs, and the hinge given a turn or two in the nut; and the same is to be done in case of subsequent sagging. The hinge bolt must, of course, have some opportunity to move in the stile, and must be set long enough at first to allow the slack to be taken up whenever found necessary.