About 7 years ago my Uncle was making my Cousin a tree house. He asked me to build a window for it, and I happily did. It ended up being the last project I completed in my old shop before it became my twin son’s bedroom.
While I never had a chance to see my Uncle’s tree house, I understand it was a bit of a disaster. In fact, the reason I never saw it was because it was down (with the trees which supported it) before I next came to visit.
Fortunately, the window I made never made it into the ill fated tree house. It spent the last 7 years gathering dust in my Uncle’s garage.
Since he still had it, and wasn’t using it, I’ve not got it back. I’ll be putting it up in our tree house (once we actually get to building the “house” portion).
Here’s a video I made describing the window.
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Geeze that is seriously nice for a tree house!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Nik. I do rather like it myself.
DeleteLike Nik said, very nice work and handsome hardware.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jeff.
DeleteHi, I am from Mexico City, I am suprised with all beautyful things made wood, here in mexico do not have that kind of expertise, I am trying to start this hobby and my first 2 question are, how can i build a workbench without a plan ?, do you have any idea how to get some free plan ??, and my second question is what is propert measure for tenon and mostises ???, I have read a lot of information about how to make them but I do not know what is proper measure for that kind of joints, can you help me ???, thanks in advance for your valuable help.
ReplyDeleteHi, I am from Mexico City, I am trying to start with this hobby but I have some questions and I hope you can help me, How can I make a good workbench ?, I mean, Do you have any idea or plan I can get free ?, and my second question is, what is the proper measure for tenons and mortises ?, I have read a lot about it but I have that doubt, can you help ?, thanks in advance for your valuable time to read this.
ReplyDeleteHello to Mexico City. First, I'll apologize that the resources I'm going to point you towards are in English. The first are the two Workbench books by Christoper Schwarz. They are all you need to build a good bench, and a great starting off point if you become more intrigued. Regarding the measurements for tenons and mortises, the tenons are usually about 1/3 the width of the piece. It can very from that rule based on the specifics, so I'd recommend you pick up a good intro book to woodworking that can go into more detail. Hopefully that helps and give you enough info to get started.
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