For supplies I purchased some 7/16″ rope and 1″x3″ oak boards. Including (2) tie-off anchors and some carabiner clips to secure the ladder at the ground, Also some eye-bolts that will pass through the deck framing of the treehouse platform to hang the ladder from.

I changed router bits to a round-over and passed all four edges along the fence.

With the edges smoothed I cut the boards to length.

I used a drill press to make 1/2″ holes in the end of each ladder rung. (The 7/16″ rope wouldn’t fit through a 7/16″ hole)

Leaving a few feet of rope at the ‘bottom’, I tied a knot in each rope and slid a board on. Before repeating I measured up and marked each rope with a sharpie before tying the next knot.

Wait ’til you see where this is going to hang.

• 12/4 walnut for a bed
• cherry boards already cut for a blanket chest
• ornately turned Jamaican bed posts, missing rails
• Mahogany, Spanish cedar, exotics, burls, root bases – too much!

Here is a large slice of a Pine tree that was sitting outside my friend’s parent’s house for many years. I’ve had it for another 10. It’s under the knife and the idea for this one is a slab bench, similar to a George Nakashima piece. I’ll have room for it in my living room, just need to pick some wood to turn for legs and the back spindles.