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T tikiyaki Tiki Socialite The Exotic Port of REDONDO BEACH, CA Joined: May 18, 2004 Posts: 2725	T tikiyaki Posted posted on Tue, Feb 23, 2010 9:08 PM OK....got started today. Phase 1, get some bamboo fencing up to cover the chain link stuff. First, had to paint the gate.... eventually this will be covered in carved wood, pecky cedar or maybe bamboo, and will adorn some sort of cool tiki mask. Next, cut the fencing to size....this was tricky. The guy told me to wrap the roll in shipping cellophane wrap to keep it together. I didn't do it tight enough, and ended up with some splitting....not too bad, but annoying enough to get it right next time... Next...start attaching it to the fence... I used basic hardware store twine....worked pretty well...again, a bit tricky at first until I got the hang of how to do it the right way. ....then, cut off the extra ends add the bambo benches into the picture... I'm not sure where they'll end up, but for now, there they are.... Barrel view.... Anyway, not bad for a days work....Shoot, I know Ben would have had this place halfway to Forbidden Island in the time I did this, but, I'm an amateur hack. Next, I'll be trimming the fencing out with split bamboo rounds, and more. Do you have your TIKIYAKI ORCHESTRA CD YET ? http://www.myspace.com/tikiyaki http://www.tikiyakiorchestra.com [ Edited by: tikiyaki 2010-02-23 21:09 ]

OK....got started today.

Phase 1, get some bamboo fencing up to cover the chain link stuff.

First, had to paint the gate....
eventually this will be covered in carved wood, pecky cedar or maybe bamboo, and will adorn some sort of cool tiki mask.

Next, cut the fencing to size....this was tricky. The guy told me to wrap the roll in shipping cellophane wrap to keep it together.
I didn't do it tight enough, and ended up with some splitting....not too bad, but annoying enough to get it right next time...

Next...start attaching it to the fence...
I used basic hardware store twine....worked pretty well...again, a bit tricky at first until I got the hang of how to do it the right way.

....then, cut off the extra ends

add the bambo benches into the picture...

I'm not sure where they'll end up, but for now, there they are....

Barrel view....

Anyway, not bad for a days work....Shoot, I know Ben would have had this place halfway to Forbidden Island in the time I did this, but, I'm an amateur hack.

Next, I'll be trimming the fencing out with split bamboo rounds, and more.

Do you have your TIKIYAKI ORCHESTRA CD YET ?
http://www.myspace.com/tikiyaki
http://www.tikiyakiorchestra.com

[ Edited by: tikiyaki 2010-02-23 21:09 ]

Post #512995 by tikiyaki on Tue, Feb 23, 2010 9:08 PM