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Built a fort for my daughter

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paulney

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I've did some wood working in high school classes, and built a couple of book shelves, tables, chairs, etc, but never attempted to build a large scale outdoor structure. So, when I noticed my daughter was no longer interested in her small plastic climbing set, and attempted to climb a tree that grows in the backyard, I've decided it was time to build her a nice large two-story house.

I googled for some available plans, and found a very decent fort with possibility of expanding it further by adding rock climbing wall, monkey bars and a swingset.

So, two weeks worth of working about 1.5 hours a day (after work), and here it is:

Front view
Side view
Daughter is enjoying the view

And I'm working on adding the wall and monkey bars right now.
 
That looks sweet ... my daughter would like something like that in the yard, but seeing as I'm mechanically retarded, power tools and the like are usually out of the realm of what I work on 😛

Nice work! Your daughter is cute ... I've got 2 ... one who is almost 3, and one that is 5 months :thumbsup:
 
It needs to be about 20 feet taller so you can spy on the neighbors. Other than that, it's nice 🙂.
 
Originally posted by: paulney
Originally posted by: acheron
wow, nice. where did you find the plans?
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http://www.jacksbackyard.com/

The plan he sells for $18.95 includes fort, swingset, tables and chairs for the first floor (but I put a sandbox in there) and a rock climbing wall. For $10 extra you get a plan for monkey bars.
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i had a great site for woodworking plans for free. they had some amazign forts you can download.


i would love to build something like this for my daughter. i just don't have the tools heh
 
Originally posted by: Imp
Did you stick the wood into the fround, or is it resting on the surface? If it's on the surface, might be a wee tipsy.
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The fort is freestanding: the base is quite wide, and the whole structure weights about 150 kilos if not more. The stairs provide additional support on one end, and the rock climbing wall will be installed on the opposite end.
 
Originally posted by: paulney
Originally posted by: Imp
Did you stick the wood into the fround, or is it resting on the surface? If it's on the surface, might be a wee tipsy.
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The fort is freestanding: the base is quite wide, and the whole structure weights about 150 kilos if not more. The stairs provide additional support on one end, and the rock climbing wall will be installed on the opposite end.
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As long as you add more stuff to the sides later on.
 
Originally posted by: Barfo
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ugh. grow up.





Originally posted by: paulney
Originally posted by: Imp
Did you stick the wood into the fround, or is it resting on the surface? If it's on the surface, might be a wee tipsy.
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The fort is freestanding: the base is quite wide, and the whole structure weights about 150 kilos if not more. The stairs provide additional support on one end, and the rock climbing wall will be installed on the opposite end.
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a guy down the street had one like yours with a little more stuff. during a windy day i tstill tipped over.

though living in CA i doubt you are going to get the weather/wind we do in IL. but i would still have it in the ground.
 
Awesome - the next time my SO's father visits - this will give him something to do [he loves doing this type of work]. 🙂

However, I guess we could just stop being lazy and walk a few blocks to the local public park 🙂
 
That's some good work. What did it cost you in materials? I may have to do this in a few years, too.
 
Originally posted by: QueBert
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: Barfo
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ugh. grow up.
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You're telling somebody to grow up when this is a place where making jokes the person who died in a death thread are cheered on? lol great.
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pedobear postings when talking about someones kid is diffrent and crosses the line.
 
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: QueBert
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: Barfo
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ugh. grow up.
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You're telling somebody to grow up when this is a place where making jokes the person who died in a death thread are cheered on? lol great.
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pedobear postings when talking about someones kid is diffrent and crosses the line.
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There are no lines here, pedobear represents an adult mollesting children, there is NEVER a time when posting him should be anything but crossing the line. We see Pedobear here all the time. If one instance is acceptable all need to be. Regardless of if the child is one of the members or not, it's wrong to make jokes about it.
 
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: QueBert
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: Barfo
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ugh. grow up.
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You're telling somebody to grow up when this is a place where making jokes the person who died in a death thread are cheered on? lol great.
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pedobear postings when talking about someones kid is diffrent and crosses the line.
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There you go, edited post just in case, but even OP didn't make a fuzz out of it.
 
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