Playstand for Refund and Joey.

[pmaholm]

Ok so here's what I've come up with and thrown together.

 

the idea is to build this as a base and then we will attach a larger diameter branch to the center of this stand, and then attach smaller branches to that one to make sort of a "tree" on the stand. The base will be PVC and the tray will be some sort of waterproofed board like whiteboard for easy cleaning., the trim boards around the outside will probably be poplar 1x2's. According to SketchUp it will be just over 3' tall at the base. Let me know what everyone thinks!

 

-Patrick

 

[pmaholm]

Oh I almost forgot the dimensions of the tray are 2'x2'

[Lyric]

Sounds good Patrick and I like the picture, it is just missing the tree part and the bird! Let us know how it all turns out. I'm sure your two will love it.

[n2fisher]

Is he going to play on the bars under it, or just play above the board? Looks stable if he's playing just above the 3' level.

[pmaholm]

Yep Norm, there will be aditional play areas above the base tray area I have shown. I was hoping to make a really stable base. I'm using 1" PVC and I'm thinking about filling the bottom 6" of the stand with sand and cap it with Silicon Caulking so it's nice and sealed. I'm not going to glue any of the PVC so I feel I need that cap for the sand

[Tycos_mom]

Good Idea It will probubly be a greay place for the birds to hang out. I just love the imagination that it takes to come up with the Ideas to please our birds we will do just about anything for them don't you think

[pmaholm]

We purchased all of the materials to make 2 of these stands tonight and it was right around $70 all I need to so is cut some branches from my trees to make the actual play part.

[TinyTimneh]

i'm sure it'll look great once it's finished but watch the bottom of the stand, it looks very easy to climb down.