MadDog Mike's Platterful of Pupule - El Tiki/Ben Wilson Wall Finished - Other Crafts

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11037	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Sun, Sep 30, 2012 8:55 PM The rib is doing much better, thank you :) Treeboat - I like that Dale. Jon & Swizz, if you didn't like me operating the Skilsaw with no shoes it's a real good thing you didn't see me with the chainsaw! :o Wendy, Marlene & Tiger I hope I'm being a good Poppi ~ I'm not sure what kind of a grandparent builds a treehouse for a 3 year old! I went to Buzzy's Chop yesterday and had a great time, we ate all kinds of deep fried stuff. I made a new blank bottle with full intentions of turning it into a PNG mask Saturday. But when I packed it up Friday night I noticed it was a bit odd shaped. The I noticed it was shaped a lot like this The Ambum Stone was found in the highlands of PNG and is thought to be one of the oldest known examples of Oceanic art. It is thought to have been made around 1500 BC, making it about 3500 years old. I want to see if I can make a bottle to look like it, I still have a long way to go. TREEBOAT ERECTION! Yes, you read that right ~ we lifted the treeboat 5 feet up into the tree this morning with no problems. Nothing exciting to take a picture of yet, maybe later this week. But I do have a pic of the treeboat fasteners. Back in the Paleo days, we just nailed 2x4s to the trees and built a platform. Now we are much more sophisticated in the safety of our youngsters and in the health of our trees. It turns out that nailing several places in close proximity kills a large area of the tree. And having the treehouse butt up against the tree traps debris and moisture, encouraging insects and rot. The modern technology is called a "perch", one large bolt (3/4 or 1 inch x 10 inches) into the tree that the frame of the treehouse sets on. This treeboat sits on three perches set in 3 different trees. It will also have some 4x4 "legs" One really cool thing I noticed today is that the treeboat creaks as the trees move under it sounding like a real wooden boat!

The rib is doing much better, thank you :) Treeboat - I like that Dale. Jon & Swizz, if you didn't like me operating the Skilsaw with no shoes it's a real good thing you didn't see me with the chainsaw! :o Wendy, Marlene & Tiger I hope I'm being a good Poppi ~ I'm not sure what kind of a grandparent builds a treehouse for a 3 year old!

I went to Buzzy's Chop yesterday and had a great time, we ate all kinds of deep fried stuff. I made a new blank bottle with full intentions of turning it into a PNG mask Saturday. But when I packed it up Friday night I noticed it was a bit odd shaped. The I noticed it was shaped a lot like this

The Ambum Stone was found in the highlands of PNG and is thought to be one of the oldest known examples of Oceanic art. It is thought to have been made around 1500 BC, making it about 3500 years old. I want to see if I can make a bottle to look like it, I still have a long way to go.

TREEBOAT ERECTION! Yes, you read that right ~ we lifted the treeboat 5 feet up into the tree this morning with no problems. Nothing exciting to take a picture of yet, maybe later this week. But I do have a pic of the treeboat fasteners. Back in the Paleo days, we just nailed 2x4s to the trees and built a platform. Now we are much more sophisticated in the safety of our youngsters and in the health of our trees. It turns out that nailing several places in close proximity kills a large area of the tree. And having the treehouse butt up against the tree traps debris and moisture, encouraging insects and rot. The modern technology is called a "perch", one large bolt (3/4 or 1 inch x 10 inches) into the tree that the frame of the treehouse sets on. This treeboat sits on three perches set in 3 different trees. It will also have some 4x4 "legs"

One really cool thing I noticed today is that the treeboat creaks as the trees move under it sounding like a real wooden boat!

Post #653954 by MadDogMike on Sun, Sep 30, 2012 8:55 PM