Average Guy Builds a Double Fence Gate with Half-Lap Joints - step by step instructions

This video demonstrates how to make a fence gate with step by step instructions including three ways to make half-lap joints using different tools – pull saw, miter saw and circular saw. The gate is over 8 feet wide, making it large enough to drive a truck and trailer through. The gate also uses a wire fence rather than pickets, helping make it light weight by comparison.

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00:00 Building a wire fence gate
3:26 What are half-lap joints?
4:18 Making half-lap joints using a pull saw
5:21 Making half-lap joints using a miter saw
6:27 Making half-lap joints using a circular saw
8:30 how to frame a wire fence gate
10:30 building cross braces for fence gates
13:46 installing a wire fence gate