Pie in the Sky - a Treehouse build

Got it! Hope you had a good day and I will look forward to when work resumes. 

Finally have some more time for this project.....

Misc assortment of hangers and brackets. Let's get those peg legs secured.

command-r, command-r, command-r

More secure.

And I successfully turned long boards into shorter boards.

In reply to Indy-Barely Functional-Guy :

Yeah!  Glad you’re back to it!!

Are you using Robertson screws???

Congratulations! Welcome to the 20th century.

Signed Canada.

In reply to Trans_Maro :

Maybe? They are saber drive brand.

Platform beginning.....

Yes, I'm rocking the Dad socks (black) with shorts.

Almost ready to lift into tree....

First I've got to figure out how to get this out to the tree......

Took some inspiration from mazdeuce, and used ratchet straps.

Then call in reinforcements.....

Steady.....

Almost there...

Snap you're fingers....

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And poof:

This happens.

That might be enough for the day... It's raining.

Enjoying the build!

Had a bit of a set back.... So going to walk away from the build for the weekend and do something else.

I’m sorry. 

See, here's that weird law of the universe again.

You do the math, try to make everything as safe as possible and use good hardware and this happens.

Kids can knock a treehouse together using pallet wood and bent nails driven in with a rock and it will never fall down because they don't know any better.

In reply to Trans_Maro :

Operator error is to blame for this.

I went about this like a mechanic minded guy (thinking metal). Didn't tighten the lag​​​​s all the way, so I could adjust things, align yada yada yada. So two weeks later I try ( with a really long cheater bar) to turn them another turn or so to snug things up. With all my weight hanging on the bar, it finally turned, when I twisted it off.    

Took a break from this while I worked on the Einhorn. Now back at it with the bed frame scraps....

Indy-Barely Functional-Guy said:

In reply to Trans_Maro :

Operator error is to blame for this.

 

I went about this like a mechanic minded guy (thinking metal). Didn't tighten the lag​​​​s all the way, so I could adjust things, align yada yada yada. So two weeks later I try ( with a really long cheater bar) to turn them another turn or so to snug things up. With all my weight hanging on the bar, it finally turned, when I twisted it off.    

I've always used Dawn liquid on driving lag bolts after a pilot hole but have no idea if it would help turning after sitting driven in for two weeks.

Good luck, great project.

Used the metal glue thingy....

I needed some flat steel for this repair bracket, so I cut it out of some discarded lawn equipment framing.

MicroMan got in on the action today (sporting his Davey Crockett hat):

 And taking a safety que from Stampie:

Clamped up ready for more metal melting action:

And here's the final product for the day; this will put two lags (one above and one below the broken off one in the tree. Strategically placed over 12 inches away from the original lag (for tree health reasons). 

Now I just need to paint and then install.

I like that the second attempt pins the board to the tree, I wondered about the first one if the board slipped as the tree swayed.

We watch the professional tree nuts building crazy tree houses sometimes.

Keep going!

Indy-Barely Functional-Guy said:

In reply to Trans_Maro :

Operator error is to blame for this.

 

I went about this like a mechanic minded guy (thinking metal). Didn't tighten the lag​​​​s all the way, so I could adjust things, align yada yada yada. So two weeks later I try ( with a really long cheater bar) to turn them another turn or so to snug things up. With all my weight hanging on the bar, it finally turned, when I twisted it off.    

The result of the tannic acid in the oak attacking the steel in the lag bolts, is why you broke off that lag.  

That’s why I use stainless steel any time I’m bolting/nailing any wood high in tannic acid. White oak, Black walnut, cedar, redwoods, 

It will help if you drag the bolt across a candle or dip it in some hot wax. There is a specialty stick made for the application which I used.  

I recently retorqued all the lag bolts in my house ( 2800+) of them without a single failure. And all those Timbers are either black walnut of white oak.