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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / November 2004Ping Bonbon: The Cat Tree
Re: the cat tree I told you I'd post the pic of. We hit a snag. Got halfway through and ran out of carpet. I'm not sure what to do now. I can't find another remnant that matches. Maybe wrap the remaining posts with sisal? Or use a contrasting color carpet? It's for the Humane Society's cat room, so it's not like they're going to complain about it, I guess I'm just obsessing. What do ya'll think? Here's a pic of progress so far: http://members.aol.com/jjrich0523/cattree.jpg Sherry > Re: the cat tree I told you I'd post the pic of. We hit a snag. Got > halfway [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Sherry Looks really great. I'd go with the sisal. Jo > Re: the cat tree I told you I'd post the pic of. We hit a snag. Got halfway > through and ran out of carpet. I'm not sure what to do now. I can't find [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Sherry I think that goes beyond "tree" to "forest", or maybe "mansion" or "castle." That's awesome. And according to my cat, there's no such thing as too much sisal.  Signaturemonique sriddles@aol.comkitty (Sherry ) had some very interesting things to say about Ping Bonbon: The Cat Tree: >Re: the cat tree I told you I'd post the pic of. We hit a snag. Got halfway >through and ran out of carpet. I'm not sure what to do now. I can't find [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Here's a pic of progress so far: >http://members.aol.com/jjrich0523/cattree.jpg I like the sisal idea. Give the cats different surfaces to choose from. Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL > Re: the cat tree I told you I'd post the pic of. We hit a snag. Got halfway > through and ran out of carpet. I'm not sure what to do now. I can't find [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > obsessing. What do ya'll think? Here's a pic of progress so far: > http://members.aol.com/jjrich0523/cattree.jpg Question from the peanut gallery: I've never done any real building. If I wanted to start a project like this, how would I make sure the base would be stable enough for active play? (Not that my cat is active, but a girl can dream.) Also, what do you use to affix the carpet and rope? Glue, nails, screws? Signaturemonique >Question from the peanut gallery: I've never done any real building. If I >wanted to start a project like this, how would I make sure the base would be >stable enough for active play? (Not that my cat is active, but a girl can >dream.) Also, what do you use to affix the carpet and rope? Glue, nails, >screws? The base is 3/8" plywood, you just have to make sure it's as big as possible, but still narrow enough to fit through a door. It also helps to have the weight distributed toward the bottom. This one is 24" square base. I thought it was too small but DH didn't, I guess he was right because it doesn't wiggle at all unless they really get rough with it. Being designed to fit in a corner helps stability, too. The posts at the bottom are secured to the base with wood glue and long screws. The carpet is put on with a heavy-duty staple gun. The sisal, you just staple at the bottom then wrap it REALLY REALLY tight, and staple at the top. I don't think I have enough muscles to wrap it tight enough but DH does a really good job, it looks nice. On the other cat trees it has held up really good. He doesn't use a pattern, he just looks at trees in catalogues and stores and copies them. But the first one we did, we bought a CD with detailed instructions on how to build it. I still have that somewhere around here. If you want to give it a try, it's a good way to start one. I'll be glad to mail it to you if you like. Sherry >>Question from the peanut gallery: I've never done any real building. If I >>wanted to start a project like this, how would I make sure the base would be [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Sherry Thanks for all the info! Sure, I'll follow up with my address in a personal email. It gets dark so early over the winter; I might as well have a pet project that benefits my cat! Signaturemonique what a beautiful cat tree! It's a rather neutral gray, so liven it up with a really bright color, red or orange, or bright yellow! Heh, drive the kitties bananas. Too bad you didn't have enough for that last bottom leg, but hey, they'll love it anyway. Jazz & his mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > Re: the cat tree I told you I'd post the pic of. We hit a snag. Got > halfway [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Sherry > what a beautiful cat tree! It's a rather neutral gray, so liven it up with > a really bright color, red or orange, or bright yellow! Heh, drive the > kitties bananas. Too bad you didn't have enough for that last bottom leg, > but hey, they'll love it anyway. Jazz & his mama I'm ignorant; can cats see in color? Also, are you the Irulan I know? Signaturemonique > > what a beautiful cat tree! It's a rather neutral gray, so liven it up with > > a really bright color, red or orange, or bright yellow! Heh, drive the > > kitties bananas. Too bad you didn't have enough for that last bottom leg, > > but hey, they'll love it anyway. Jazz & his mama > > I'm ignorant; can cats see in color? I think they can. Grant favors purple. > Also, are you the Irulan I know? I wonder if you could buy a couple of those door mats (inexpensive) and cut and glue them up. Pearl absolutely adores this surface and it is a good cheap scratch pad. Like this one. I bet you can get them at walmart cheap. http://www.lnt.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1353772 > what a beautiful cat tree! > It's a rather neutral gray, so liven it up with a really bright color, red [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > > > Sherry I think you could just do sisal. Wow. That is a GREAT tree! > Re: the cat tree I told you I'd post the pic of. We hit a snag. Got halfway > through and ran out of carpet. I'm not sure what to do now. I can't find [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Sherry Wow, Sherry, that's excellent!!! I think sisal on the rest would look neat. Hugs, CatNipped > Re: the cat tree I told you I'd post the pic of. We hit a snag. Got > halfway [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Sherry > Re: the cat tree I told you I'd post the pic of. We hit a snag. Got halfway > through and ran out of carpet. I'm not sure what to do now. I can't find > another remnant that matches. Maybe wrap the remaining posts with sisal? Or > use a contrasting color carpet? > Here's a pic of progress so far: > http://members.aol.com/jjrich0523/cattree.jpg Wow!! That's really impressive! It looks great, Sherry. I think you should cover the remaining wood with sisal. It'll look better that way, the kitties will love it, and they don't really need more carpet, as there's plenty there already. *Great* work. I worked on a project with a rescue group last year, building cat trees (literally - we used large tree limbs cut down by the city as the base), but they didn't look nearly as professional as yours. Of course, none of us had much in the way of carpentry skills, except one person who showed up occasionally to answer questions and show us how to do stuff. But we did most of the actual work, and it showed. :) I think in the future, if I ever build another cat tree, I'll just use regular lumber, not a tree limb! Joyce >Re: the cat tree I told you I'd post the pic of. We hit a snag. Got halfway >through and ran out of carpet. I'm not sure what to do now. I can't find [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Sherry It's spectacular. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > Re: the cat tree I told you I'd post the pic of. We hit a snag. Got halfway > through and ran out of carpet. I'm not sure what to do now. I can't find [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Sherry IMHO you should get an engineer to do the math re: the size of the base in proportion to the height of the tree. Otherwise IMHO it is magnificent. MLB >> Re: the cat tree I told you I'd post the pic of. We hit a snag. Got halfway >> through and ran out of carpet. I'm not sure what to do now. I can't find [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > in proportion to the height of the tree. Otherwise IMHO it is > magnificent. MLB P.S. Perhaps the weight of the cats should be considered in the formula also. Sherry, that's one cool kitty playground -- how nice of you to do this for them -- I think the kitties really like the sisal stuff. Christine > Re: the cat tree I told you I'd post the pic of. We hit a snag. Got halfway > through and ran out of carpet. I'm not sure what to do now. I can't find [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Sherry > > Here's a pic of progress so far: > > http://members.aol.com/jjrich0523/cattree.jpg That is awesome. My crew would love it. I would use sisal for the rest. --Fil > Re: the cat tree I told you I'd post the pic of. We hit a snag. Got halfway > through and ran out of carpet. I'm not sure what to do now. I can't find [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Here's a pic of progress so far: > http://members.aol.com/jjrich0523/cattree.jpg Wow! Lucky cats who get that jungle gym! SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >Re: the cat tree I told you I'd post the pic of. We hit a snag. Got halfway >through and ran out of carpet. I'm not sure what to do now. I can't find [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Sherry Sherry, that's a great cat tree. More of a gym really. The one's I've made aren't nearly as interesting as this one. In re-carpeting the tree I made for our cats, I've also hit a snag......I got halfway finished and realized 'I have got to take all of this carpet off and start over. It's *berber*. I can't use berber. It comes off in long strings. Sh*t. I'm agreeing with many of the other posters here Sherry....I'd go with the sisal for the remainder of the posts needing to be covered. That sisal really holds it's own, it's just incredibly mean on the hands. -bonbon >In re-carpeting the tree I made for our cats, I've also hit a >snag......I got halfway finished and realized 'I have got to take all >of this carpet off and start over. It's *berber*. I can't use >berber. It comes off in long strings. Sh*t. Oh, thanks so much for that information. When I was begging for free carpet at the carpet store, the manager offered me this huge piece of berber that I almost took instead of the blue, because it was bigger. But I wasn't sure how it would work. It sure would have looked good though. Sherry > Re: the cat tree I told you I'd post the pic of. We hit a snag. Got > halfway through and ran out of carpet. I'm not sure what to do now. I [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Sherry Sisal gets my vote. Man, that thing looks GREAT! Kudos! Jill >Re: the cat tree I told you I'd post the pic of. We hit a snag. Got halfway >through and ran out of carpet. I'm not sure what to do now. I can't find [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Here's a pic of progress so far: >http://members.aol.com/jjrich0523/cattree.jpg Frankly, I like the mixture of textures that it has right now. You're probably worried about splinters which keeps you from just staining the wood parts as they stand. If you want to complete it with carpet, use a contrasting color and put rope on the front bottom support. What a nice thing to make for the shelter kitties! Regards and Purrs, O J |
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