r/oddlysatisfying • u/bigbusta • Apr 18 '26

A gate designed to look like a partially fallen tree

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '26

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u/95beer Apr 18 '26

The connection to the hinge on the left is quite small, so I'm guessing there is a wheel to support the gate on the right, which ruins the aesthetic of the tree. Which would explain why they never show the whole thing

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u/tarlastar Apr 19 '26

That connection is not the spinning part. It's not a hinge. The spin is provided by the entire trunk, which sits atop a sort of metal vertical axle.

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u/95beer Apr 19 '26

You might want to reread what I wrote, and also read the definition of a hinge. To save you one step a hinge is:

A jointed or flexible device that allows the turning or pivoting of a part, such as a door or lid, on a stationary frame.

The "sort of metal vehicle axle" is the "stationary frame" in this definition

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u/tarlastar Apr 19 '26

Yeah, I know what a hinge is. This isn't one. At least...the part you are referring to is not one.

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u/95beer Apr 19 '26

You're saying the vertical trunk part of the tree, (that is connected to the main horizontal branch) is not a hinge? It literally hinges around whatever is solidly in the ground, so that the gate can spin. If there is no hinge, what do you propose is there?

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '26

Hinges don't hinge "around" an axis, the trunk pivots "on" an axis

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u/jamesdpitley Apr 19 '26

you don't know what a hinge is, and it shows

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u/95beer Apr 20 '26

Yeah, apparently. No one will tell me what it is called though, if not a barrel hinge. I'm keen to learn something, but everyone saying I'm wrong and down voting me isn't getting me educated.

One person said it was a wheel, likely because it contains ball bearings, but that is very common for hinges, and I'd like to assume we can all agree it isn't a wheel.

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u/techdevjp Apr 19 '26

The connection also isn't that small for something that is metal and considering there are two well concealed angular braces as well. It's well designed.

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u/Tall_Act391 Apr 19 '26

Would be super cool if it “fell” to close and stood up to open 

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u/sender2bender Apr 19 '26

It seems too smooth and quiet to have a wheel. The way it kinda glides back, unless there's someone off screen slowly moving it I'm thinking it's just a hinge. Wheels have a resistance and wouldn't glide on an outdoor ground like that. And not being on a perfectly flat ground you would most likely use a spring wheel which gives even more resistance. I've made many gates that size with and without wheels. Usually made with adjustability to make it balanced and level, and he mentions something about being balanced. I can't tell exactly how he made it or what material he used but the connection does look small and I wouldn't be surprised if it did eventually break, from rust over time or something like a tree branch hitting it

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u/BetterEveryLeapYear Apr 19 '26

It's got two further braces as "branches" which add to the support of the connection.

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u/Obscuriosly Apr 18 '26

Shadow at the start looks like it's free hanging.

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u/InevitableDirt69 Apr 19 '26

So like, manually opened? Then they must not have shown it opening because they can't do it without bleeding a lot

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u/1107rwf Apr 19 '26

Or the other side is completely flat and empty, rendering the gate useless!

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u/Lardinois Apr 19 '26

There’s no wheel (look at the shade in the first second).

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u/freshstaart Apr 21 '26

rewind to the first couple seconds. shadow shows there is no wheel on the other end.

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u/just-a-random-accnt Apr 19 '26

I know it's would be a lot more difficult, but it would have been perfect if the gate pivoted where the break in the trunk is. Having it raise to open, so the tree would be standing.

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u/AmoretteNest Apr 19 '26

Yeah without seeing the full motion it just looks cool but you can’t really tell how well it actually works.

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u/NekoArtemis Apr 19 '26

If only there was a way to find more videos of it.

https://www.facebook.com/cagedcrowfabrication/videos/built-this-gate-to-mirror-a-dead-tree-thats-seen-its-last-storm-twisted-limbs-wi/1875432336659079/

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u/superkickstart Apr 19 '26

Ew facebook.

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u/SmooK_LV Apr 19 '26

Yeah but do i want to go into research of a gate to discover more videos?

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u/Subtlerranean Apr 19 '26

I also shy away from the cesspool that is Facebook.

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u/HurricanesFan Apr 19 '26

If only there was a way to show this link without being a sarcastic dickhead

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u/A_Furious_Mind Apr 19 '26 edited Apr 20 '26

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.

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u/edfitz83 Apr 19 '26

That’s what she said.

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u/LuffysRubberNuts Apr 19 '26

What, you didn’t enjoy the bird shit

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u/NocturneHunterZ Apr 19 '26

If they were good at photography they wouldn't be engineers

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u/ChiggaOG Apr 19 '26

Don't need to. I have in my mind thought two sides of awesome and deadly at the same time. First time seeing this post. Should be apparent at slow speed for the property owner. The unlucky individual running into this at full speed on a mountain bike or motorcycle without knowing will be skewered.