Might not be the place to ask, but I'll ask anyway.
I want to make a watchtower out of telephone poles at my cabin. I have
always liked heights, and this would be good for sky watching, getting a
good view, or sharing a bottle of bubbly with Trixie.
I believe I can get some poles that are used, but in good condition. I
believe that four would make a very strong support for a platform that would
probably have a limit of four people at any one time.
Anyone else done any work with telephone poles of this type? Seems Tinker
Toy simple, disregarding the rigging aspect. (I am a retired crane operator
and rigger.) It would be doable, just tricky.
Leaving in a few minutes for a week at the cabin. Post here, and I'll
answer in a week.
Steve
On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 03:24:07 -0600, "James \"Cubby\" Culbertson"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Not to be critical, but this is a woodworking forum, not a construction
>forum. I might suggest you post this over at alt.building.construction
>
Unless he wants to have a real stylish tower, then maybe
alt.crafts.woodturning... *g*
Mac
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https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:37:12 -0700, "Steve B"
<[email protected]> wrote:
Do they need to be hollowed out?
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"mac davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Unless he wants to have a real stylish tower, then maybe
> alt.crafts.woodturning... *g*
>
> Mac
>
> https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
> https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm
Now that would be something!
In article <r5szg.109400$iU2.52443@fed1read01>,
Steve B <[email protected]> wrote:
>Might not be the place to ask, but I'll ask anyway.
>
>I want to make a watchtower out of telephone poles at my cabin. I have
>always liked heights, and this would be good for sky watching, getting a
>good view, or sharing a bottle of bubbly with Trixie.
>
>I believe I can get some poles that are used, but in good condition. I
>believe that four would make a very strong support for a platform that would
>probably have a limit of four people at any one time.
>
>Anyone else done any work with telephone poles of this type? Seems Tinker
>Toy simple, disregarding the rigging aspect. (I am a retired crane operator
>and rigger.) It would be doable, just tricky.
>
>Leaving in a few minutes for a week at the cabin. Post here, and I'll
>answer in a week.
>
>Steve
>
>
Uhh, what was the question?
--
Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland
[email protected]
Steve,
Screw the 'wood snobs & perverts' . . .
I've seen 2-3 telephone-electric company-cable guys working on a single pole
with no problems {and NO - not from a 'bucket truck', you smart-asses !!}.
So from a structural consideration there should be no problems.
Depending on the size & style of your platform {'plain, flat with a safety
rail', 'Kids Playhouse', or 'Victorian Gazebo'}you might want to consider a
'tripod' arrangement. Being a 'belt & suspenders' type of engineer . . . I
would also guy it with cables {maybe disguised as 'vines'}equidistant from
the solid supports - which would be 'splayed' even if four.
Regards & Good Luck,
Ron Magen
Backyard Boatshop
{PS - Ascent via 'pull up' Jacobs Ladder ??}
"Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:r5szg.109400$iU2.52443@fed1read01...
> Might not be the place to ask, but I'll ask anyway.
>
> I want to make a watchtower out of telephone poles at my cabin. I have
> always liked heights, and this would be good for sky watching, getting a
> good view, or sharing a bottle of bubbly with Trixie.
>
> I believe I can get some poles that are used, but in good condition. I
> believe that four would make a very strong support for a platform that
would
> probably have a limit of four people at any one time.
>
> Anyone else done any work with telephone poles of this type? Seems Tinker
> Toy simple, disregarding the rigging aspect. (I am a retired crane
operator
> and rigger.) It would be doable, just tricky.
>
> Leaving in a few minutes for a week at the cabin. Post here, and I'll
> answer in a week.
>
> Steve
>
>
Not to be critical, but this is a woodworking forum, not a construction
forum. I might suggest you post this over at alt.building.construction
"Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:r5szg.109400$iU2.52443@fed1read01...
> Might not be the place to ask, but I'll ask anyway.
>
> I want to make a watchtower out of telephone poles at my cabin. I have
> always liked heights, and this would be good for sky watching, getting a
> good view, or sharing a bottle of bubbly with Trixie.
>
> I believe I can get some poles that are used, but in good condition. I
> believe that four would make a very strong support for a platform that
> would probably have a limit of four people at any one time.
>
> Anyone else done any work with telephone poles of this type? Seems Tinker
> Toy simple, disregarding the rigging aspect. (I am a retired crane
> operator and rigger.) It would be doable, just tricky.
>
> Leaving in a few minutes for a week at the cabin. Post here, and I'll
> answer in a week.
>
> Steve
>
Hey....I wanna have bubbly with Trixie too. :-)
cm
"Steve B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:r5szg.109400$iU2.52443@fed1read01...
> Might not be the place to ask, but I'll ask anyway.
>
> I want to make a watchtower out of telephone poles at my cabin. I have
> always liked heights, and this would be good for sky watching, getting a
> good view, or sharing a bottle of bubbly with Trixie.
>
> I believe I can get some poles that are used, but in good condition. I
> believe that four would make a very strong support for a platform that
> would probably have a limit of four people at any one time.
>
> Anyone else done any work with telephone poles of this type? Seems Tinker
> Toy simple, disregarding the rigging aspect. (I am a retired crane
> operator and rigger.) It would be doable, just tricky.
>
> Leaving in a few minutes for a week at the cabin. Post here, and I'll
> answer in a week.
>
> Steve
>