My Treehouse

Umm. Ok so instructables wouldn't let me enter my slideshow in this contest so I made an instructable. Be advised this is NOT instructions on how to build a treehouse. If anyone however does want to know how to make one, im sure I could make an actual instructable on it.

Anyways,



This is a treehouse that my dad and I built in about 5-6 days by ourselves.

What makes this treehouse awesome:

It has a rope swing for climbing up and down the treehouse

A ladder

A secret plank that lifts up to reveal a hidden compartment

Eventually, the treehouse will have railings, a firepole, a zipline and half of it will be covered with a roof-type structure.

One of the tools we used to build this treehouse was our Craftsman 10" Miter saw-without which, this project would have been impossible.

Step 1 Another view of the treehouse

Comments

[fatperson1239214]

love it!

[Oolaba]

Normalement, on ne visse pas directement sur le tronc d'un arbre, pour la bonne raison que c'est vivant et que cela bouge. Sinon, cela a l'air solide et tu pourras mettre quelques rangements pour profiter de la plateforme avec un paquet d'amis.

[ebusilas]

Mine is like 11m off the ground. and we used only hammer, level and nails. Maybe ill post a tut or something later.

dimensions r about 2x4m with roof, windows, balcon...

[ferbettes]

oliga nallave ne iruka maata.kevalama iruku

[dagob]

Well, when you gonna finish the tree house? The base is very well done. Let us know when you get it done. I'd love to see it finished.

[mberg]

mmm! did that help build the treehouse

[clonetrooper13]

awwww darn it. i didnt win. stupid contest.

[DoctorOfAwesome]

Did you get the design from the dangerous book for boys?

[clonetrooper13]

Naah I got it from the Black and Decker guide to how to build your kids a treehouse.

[makendo]

Nice! Secret plank compartment is a great touch.

[clonetrooper13]

thank you

[popsdave]

Very nice treehouse Great job

[clonetrooper13]

thanks

[frazeeg]

I wouldn't say your project would have been impossible without the miter saw, just more difficult. You could get all the cuts you need with a hand saw and miter box. Something like this.

Of course, sawing by hand sucks.

[clonetrooper13]

Impossible, in the sense that we HAD to get it done within a certain time Period.

[frazeeg]

Gotcha. Any plans to put a guardrail around it? Building inspectors hate to see a non-guarded platform and I'm sure you don't want to have to tear that down.

[clonetrooper13]

Yea, I sad abOve that were making railings. Were actually working on It right now.

[frazeeg]

Sorry about that. I must have missed that part.

Looks good. I hope you have fun with it.

[gilleseg]

I would actually like an instructable. Primarily because of the support arms. No hurry for I have no tree to put one in.

[clonetrooper13]

Allright-ill try to get that done...sooner or later. Probably in between.