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Driveway Gates for Orlando FL Wildlife Preserve

Orlando Florida Aluminum Driveway Gates

Plasma Cut Metal Art with Deer, Antelope & Turkey Design

Here is an aluminum wildlife driveway gate JDR Metal Art is plasma cutting for the Cypress Ridge Hunting Preserve near Orlando, Florida.

Featuring a whitetail deer, antelope and turkeys, we are building three of these single swing aluminum gates for our client.

With a nationwide client base, we specialize purely in the design, fabrication and powder coating of custom driveway gates.

Metal art driveway gates we plasma cut from marine grade aluminum for Orlando Florida residence.

Aluminum Drive Gates

Built from extremely corrosion resistant nautical grade aluminum sheet, this is a huge single swing gate with the “canvas” measuring approximately 16′ wide by 8′ tall. Aluminum sheets this size are quite difficult to find. Typically they are used in the ship construction industry and for military grade armor plating applications. After much searching we were finally able to source three of these sheets and have them hauled from an aluminum mill in Maine to our custom gate facility in Ohio. From there we will be hauling the finished gates directly to our customer in Orlando. The gates will be offloaded there and the installation will be handled by a local installer who will be installing electric gate openers sufficient to handle these massive gates. Luckily, aluminum is much lighter than steel which means the forces of gravity and wind will be exerting less force on the gates and requiring less force to be exerted by the openers to open and close the gates.

Ornamental driveway gates fabricated from aluminum for Orlando Florida entrance.

Animal Art for Entry Gate

This is a plasma cut silhoutte of an antelope on a driveway gate.

Here is a picture of a deer silhouette on a plasma cut entry gate.

This is a plasma cut aluminum deer silhuoette.

Gate lettering for Cypress Ridge Hunting Preserve in Florida.

Custom aluminum plasma cut gate and sign lettering.

Drive gates with deer, antelope, turkeys, trees, etc.

If you need a custom drive gate we are ready to get started on it for you today!

Ex.: Wildlife, Pets, Equine, Trees, Farm, Ranch, Residential, Simple, Traditional, etc.

Florida Driveway Gates | Ornamental Aluminum Plasma Cut Gates

Sarasota Florida Driveway Gates featuring Plasma Cut Aluminum Metal Art Horses

Florida driveway gates in Sarasota featuring plasma cut scene of horses standing at a fence.

We designed & built these ornamental Florida driveway gates from aluminum here at JDR Metal Art. Each side of the gate features four plasma cut horses standing at a fence in front of a beautiful Sarasota, Florida horse farm.

Custom Gate Design

Our relationship with these customers began when they reached out to us about our custom plasma cut gate design capabilities in early 2014. As often happens with fully custom projects, the early stages of the design process can take some time to work through as different ideas come to mind and much thought and consideration is often invested by the customer in creating their new gate entrance. In this case the clients first sent us pictures and measurements of their entrance. We worked back and forth to refine the design to fit their farm theme.

By the time summer arrived our clients were ready to begin the fabrication stage. Around the same time they also contracted with Liberty Gates owner Ian McPherson to handle the gate installation locally. Ian brought to our clients attention that aluminum would fare much better than steel in the corrosive local Florida environment. The clients followed Ian’s advice and requested their gates to be built from aluminum.

Handmade Aluminum Gates

We began building the aluminum gates in September. We built the frame with 2″ square tubing 1/8″ thick wall aluminum . The canvas is 3/16″ aluminum sheet. In October fabrication was completed and the gates were then powder coated to a baked finish using a “super durable” grade semi-gloss black powder coat to finish the product. Super durable grade powder coat is formulated especially for outdoor products that will be exposed to the intense sunlight and moisture exposure of the Florida environment. Therefore, the gates will not only remain rust free thanks to the aluminum but they will also exhibit long lasting gloss retention and durability.

The aluminum proved to be more expensive and harder to work with but turned out great in the end! We are confident that these customers will get a lifetime of enjoyment from their new Florida driveway gates!

To learn more contact JDR Metal Art:

Ex.: Wildlife, Pets, Equine, Trees, Farm, Ranch, Residential, Simple, Traditional, etc.