We’re forming up some light pole bases with sonotube and paying perfect attention to my work I realize I’m lookig at 3′ dia. 4′ tall indoor playhouse for my daughter, just slap on a plywood roof, cut out some windows. This isn’t the first job site inspired present I’ve cooked up and since I haven’t built it the only one I’m going to admit to. So let’s hear some of those good ideas or if you’ll own them , the clunkers.
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Thats a great idea Pye!
I have a dog house story...
In my apprentice days, I decided to build a doghouse. I was ambitous and built a nice one...not too big, not too small. The one problem though was the overhangs. I built the dang thing with overhangs that were way too big, considering the overall scale of the building. So..it sat outside in the backyard....in full view...and of course the dog wouldn't go in it...it was too ugly.
So...one day, I was mentioning to my neighbor that I was going to toss the thing out...I didn' mention that I wanted to get rid of it because it was ugly..I just told him that the dog never went in it. He mentioned that he'd take it...because he was getting a second dog. Great, I said...I was happy because I'd never have to look at it again.
The neighbor came over, dragged the monstrosity home and promptly placed it in his backyard directly across from my porch...and I had to look at it every night as I wasted away the evening!
Good grief that thing was ugly!
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how about a couple of boxes of apples and a plane ticket to washington state and you can help me with this sonotube dilemma...
I bring them home frequently(sonotubes) I think building a play house out of them would be great, but my kids have more fun climbing thru them, putting each other in and rolling them, prop them up and slide down them...etc.. ride them like a horse....simple fun...I'd only screw up the fun by making something out of them. Keith
Reminds me of a job clown we had. we had some tube left over and Lance, the perpetual joker, crawled into the tube (about 8' long) so some other joker could roll him down a bank.It was almost roll up the hoses and pack the truck time, so I didn't mind his playin around..we ahd the trucks laoded to head back to the shop when Lance started saying he was stuck. I thought he was just still being a clown and gave it no nevermind.After 10 mins of him insisting he was stuck, I went over and investigated..sure enough, two guys tugging on him had his coat wadded up in the tube and he WAS stuck...I told him we'd load him in the truck for the ride to shop..where the bosses were.."NO" "Get me out"..he was pleading.I did the only thing I could think of, told a guy to fire up the generator, get me a cord, and I grabbed the 77 wormdrive...
Lance was freakin out when he heard my plan."just stay STILL dammit" I said. I set the blaade to just barely not cut all the way thru the tube..and started to rip him out..Oh man it was so funny..he was having a coronary in there! I finished the cut with a utility knife and we spread the tube to free him.He still rode in the back of the truck...his pants were soaked.
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My sons wanted a ping pong table one year. Didn't have the bucks for a pro one.
So I made a frame from scrap lumber. Bought a sheet of 5/8 plywood and laid it on top.
Never did even fasten the top down, as they started playing as soon as the ply was on the thing. It's not regulation size and ain't too purty, but they have a lot of fun with it.