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opened, and allow the gate to be opened wider than with any- 

 other hinges. 



249. Fig. 88 represents a cheap wooden gate, with wooden 



FIG. 88. 



A 



A SELF-SHUTTIXG GATE WITH WOODEN HINGES 



hinges, self shutting, when opened either way. The dotted lines 

 running up and down the heel stile, cutting the centre of the 

 upper and lower hinge, which lines should be about two inches 

 asunder, will show how to make the round parts of the stile. 

 The round parts of the stile should be not less than two and a 

 half or three inches in diameter. The bottom eye should be made 

 of a good piece of hard, durable wood, about three by six inches 

 square, and the mortise for receiving it should be not less than 

 three by four inches square and six inches deep, and the tenon of 

 the eye and mortise should be well painted or tarred before the 

 eye is firmly driven in. 



250. To hang such a gate with the greatest facility and dis 

 patch, drive in the lower hinge and put the hinge post in its 

 hole, and fill it just enough to keep the post erect ; then put the 

 gate on the lower hinge, and drive in the upper eye while it is 

 hooked on the upper end of the stile. Block up the latch end of 

 the gate on a level with the heel end, and plumb the side of the 

 heel stile, keeping it in that position while the hole is filled to the 

 surface. Afterwards set the latch post. Instead of having the 

 lower end of the heel stile made round for a hinge, it may he 



