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Mending the five-bar gate

The top hinge had worked loose from the post and the gate was dragging a groove in the track. A new oak post would have been the proper fix, but the old one is sound below the rot, so I cut it back, bolted a sister post alongside and rehung the gate on new hooks and bands. It swings shut on its own now, which is how you know the hang is right.

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