Anti-Gravity Tree Stand

Step 4 You should have seen the size of the one that got away!

I fashioned some plywood to support a "cant" boom         
and the length of steel pipe soon swung out, over the room
Secure at one end tucked under the hook tight.
From the other end dangled the steel cord with a loop and a bight.


3/4" Plywood with a notch cut for the pipe is used to prop up the cantilevered beam.  The plywood takes the load rather than the molding at the top of the loft's railing.  It is placed on the floor and rests against the half-wall without any attachments..

A loop is made in the 1/8" steel cable around the 1" diameter black pipe and secured with two cable clamps.  A hose clamp is tightened around the pipe and is used to position the cable along the length of the pipe.   (Ref. last photo on this page)