maybe this is a tad off-topic, but...
a friend and i are brainstorming about tree-house building. we have a few books and a bit of carpentry experience between us (mostly him) and were tossing the idea around of a single-tree platform maybe 20 ft up a huge doug fir. brackets seem like the obvious choice. we also were talking about 3 smaller firs nearby as a potential site, in which case attachment/stress issues get more complicated i think. never done this before. anyone out there have actual tree house building experience they'd care to share? i've installed a fair number of "old school" steel cable systems and i s'pose for that reason lean toward bolts and cable and maybe a turnbuckle for adjustment. no idea how to determing potential loads to this hardware, though i imagine the further off the ground you get in a big tree the more intense the dynamic.
anyone?
a friend and i are brainstorming about tree-house building. we have a few books and a bit of carpentry experience between us (mostly him) and were tossing the idea around of a single-tree platform maybe 20 ft up a huge doug fir. brackets seem like the obvious choice. we also were talking about 3 smaller firs nearby as a potential site, in which case attachment/stress issues get more complicated i think. never done this before. anyone out there have actual tree house building experience they'd care to share? i've installed a fair number of "old school" steel cable systems and i s'pose for that reason lean toward bolts and cable and maybe a turnbuckle for adjustment. no idea how to determing potential loads to this hardware, though i imagine the further off the ground you get in a big tree the more intense the dynamic.
anyone?