/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Anonymous No.440215]

Time to replace this cat pole.
I made this one about 10 years ago, and it's now worn out.
It's made from 1/4" sisal but I made the new one from 3/8" sisal

[Anonymous No.440217]

I Used a newspaper as a "wrap-a-round" and cut it with a hand saw. Tube from a carpet or Linoleum roll

[Anonymous No.440218]

Circles made from 3/4" wood and cut with a jigsaw for a tight fit in the ends

[Anonymous No.440220]

nailing the end in

[Anonymous No.440221]

Started it with no glue, and a little extra sisal left on the end.

[Anonymous No.440222]

Ready for the glue

[Anonymous No.440224]

It was more work than I remembered. Having a helper to unroll the sisal and keep twisting the roll to keep it tight helped a lot.

[Anonymous No.440226]

First 50' done and dry. Wrapped 14" of the pole.
Finished the end. The sisal has 3 strands, and at the end, I cut it down to 2 where it passed the end, and finally 1 strand to finish it.
Drilled a hole here and made it bigger with a file

[Anonymous No.440227]

sisal ends turned out pretty good

[Anonymous No.440228]

halfway there

[Anonymous No.440229]

What the hell happened to plain ol' elmers wood glue? Now it's a "special" formula that's stainable, weatherproof, and too fucking expensive. I used this cheaper stuff from Lowes, they usually have quality stuff (at least compared to malwart). Turned out to be good stuff. It got tacky quickly which really made the ends of the pole easier.

[Anonymous No.440232]

bump

[Anonymous No.440234]

FUCK. Had to start another roll for 4"

[Anonymous No.440236]

I need to do a new one of these myself, and a couple more corrugated cardboard pads too!

>>440215
Is.. is your cat the devil??

[Anonymous No.440235]

Someone's getting impatient. She's the one that did most of the damage to the old one. Her name is... originally Black Betty, then just Betty, now Betty Boop or "Boopsey"

[Anonymous No.440237]

My wife has really taken good care of the scissors I sharpened for her years ago. I just got this bleeding again while messing with the last roll. Of course I would cut myself with only 4" to go.

[OP No.440240]

ready to assemble

[OP No.440242]

TA-DA
COST = about $37 for a 5' pole

T-nuts = $1.50 (Lowes)
glue = $5 (Lowes)
5 rolls of 3/8"x50'sisal @ $6 each (malwart)

4 rolls would have done it with a little smaller tube, the one I used was 4-1/4" OD

[OP No.440245]

This is my baby, Mousey. We never really named her. When she was a small kitten she would stand up on her back legs like a mouse and we were referring to her as "the mouse looking one" and it just stuck. Coincidentally, she's the only one that likes to chew/rip paper.

[OP No.440246]

This is Asimov aka Shithead. He's the new cat and he doesn't know what to make of the pole.

[OP No.440247]

Let the shreading begin.

[OP No.440248]

I put shithead on it and grabbed the camera as quick as I could. I think he's leery of it cause they're not allowed on the furniture, kitchen counters ect.

[Anonymous No.440249]

I have all sorts of wood lying around, but ya pet shops want about 10X what any play item is worth to just make around here. I always laugh at people buying cardboard pads for $20, you can go to any grocery store and they'll give you ANY amount of cardboard for free. non toxic glue is like $2, too easy...

[OP No.440250]

Now he's the one that spend the most time up there. He's there now while I'm typing this.

[OP No.440251]

This is Puzzle. She doesn't use the pole much, but I couldn't leave her out, could I?
It's CATURDAY!

[Anonymous No.440254]

Ya, you gotta keep em off the pole..

[Anonymous No.440272]

Hey look, a crazy cat /diy/nosaur. I approve!

[Anonymous No.440336]

>>440215
Your cats sure wrecked the shit out of that scratching post.

[Anonymous No.440350]

>>440248

Is shithead a Norwegian Forest Cat??? If he climbs down face first is usually a dead give away also that face!!!!

[Anonymous No.440599]

>>440236
>Is.. is your cat the devil??
I wonder sometimes...
aka bi-polor betty >>440247
she is really small so she had to get mean I guess

>>440350
I don't know
I've seen his father and he looks just like him even though his mother is obviously a mix.

[Anonymous No.440601]

>>440350
Also looks like a fat Maine coon. But there's theories that they're related.

[Anonymous No.440662]

>>440350
not a norwegian forest cat, you can tell by the curvature from forehead to nose

either maine coon or siberian

[fllaw No.440665]

contributing oc

this is Pumpkin but we just call her fluffy kitty or "the fat one"

[fllaw No.440668]

and this is Pongo. The shelter named him and it felt wrong to change his name. nothing fit, so he stayed pongo but we call him "the bad one" or "satan-cat."

[Anonymous No.440671]

>>440350
Any cat will come down head-first from a low height like that.

[OP No.441198]

figures

[Anonymous No.441212]

>>440662
>>440601
>>440599
>>440350

Here, these pics should clarify things a bit.

[Anonymous No.441213]

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[Anonymous No.441400]

>>440215
Good job, OP. Now, I have to ask, does the fact that you live with several cats contributet to your stained and generally poor environment? I am wary of keeping cats in my house as I don't like them going anywhere they like. The corgi know he is only allowed on his share of the sofa (with a fur-blanket) and nowhere else. Cats, on the other hand, go where they please.

[Anonymous No.441409]

>>440242
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>>440221
your carpet... has so much litter in it... and you're just sitting all over it like, while you know it's there, you don't care enough to try to control it anymore...

[Anonymous No.441430]

Oh come on now OPs house doesn't look that bad, he just has better things to do than clean up a bunch of cat hair.

[Anonymous No.441440]

You did a good job on the scratching post. I need to make one for my kittens soon because they're ripping all the chairs up in my house

[Anonymous No.441487]

>>441430
yes, it does look that bad.
if you have pets, you are fully responsible for the mess they make. if you can't have pets and find time to clean up after them, then you probably shouldn't have pets at all.
the state of OP's old cat pole, plus the stained walls and abhorrent carpet leads me to think he neglects a lot of things before he finally takes care of them, which is bad for the animals and for his own health. plus why would you wanna live in a place that is visually unappealing?
pic is what my cat would look like if he were able to judge you.

[OP No.441705]

>>441400
Too lazy to beat the wife and the floor is pretty much my workshop even though I have an actual room dedicated to DIY stuff.
Cats are trainable. Ours don't get on the furniture or kitchen cabinets, table ect. They are pretty much spoiled but If I raise my voice you should see 'em come to attention. Shithead was pretty hard to train, or it just seems that way cause it's been 10 years+ since I trained the others. I finally had to use the kitchen sprayer on his head and traumatize him a little to break him of getting on the counter tops. You just have to make sure they get more positive attention than negative. I wouldn't recommend doing that to a cat that doesn't get lots of lovin'.

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>>441440
Thanks

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>>441487
OCD much?
>City folk.

[Anonymous No.441708]

>>441705
>City folk.

*gasp* Not the anon you are replying to, but be careful, thems fightin' words!

Also, as a fellow country mouse, where you live should not have a bearing on how clean your house is. My house is very clean, and that's with 2dogs, 3 cats and a large garden to tend.

So clean your shit fellow country anon.