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28th January 2011, 11:21 PM #3
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I hope these pictures will give a fair idea of what I built. Big. Heavy. (Too big and too heavy -- I'm planning on taking it apart and building a few smaller units.) But it is sturdy!
I thought up the design myself, drew it up on paper to make sure it was thought out correctly, and then I built it. It is mostly built of ½" (half-inch) plywood (I'm pretty sure about the thickness, but it might be a little thicker). The smaller supports are 2"×2" (which, in the U.S., means they are really 1.5" × 1.5") wrapped in sisal rope. The big pole is (unfortunately) solid wood that I got as scrap from a lumberyard. It is also wrapped in sisal rope. The carpet I bought, pretty much the cheapest I could find at a home improvement store.
The thing is well over 100 pounds in weight and the uppermost platform on top of the big pole is almost seven feet above the floor. The main 'house' part has an entrance on the far side (sorry, no pics), an opening on the first ledge (best seen in pics 2 & 3), another level inside which cannot be seen from the outside, and then opens on the ledge which is about five feet above the floor. There is an additional quarter-circle which serves like a roof for the inside area as well as another place to sprawl.
If I can answer any other questions, just ask. Sorry, I no longer have the paper with the plans.
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