Might not be the place to ask, but I'll ask anyway.

I want to make a watchtower out of telephone poles at my cabin. I have
always liked heights, and this would be good for sky watching, getting a
good view, or sharing a bottle of bubbly with Trixie.

I believe I can get some poles that are used, but in good condition. I
believe that four would make a very strong support for a platform that would
probably have a limit of four people at any one time.

Anyone else done any work with telephone poles of this type? Seems Tinker
Toy simple, disregarding the rigging aspect. (I am a retired crane operator
and rigger.) It would be doable, just tricky.

Leaving in a few minutes for a week at the cabin. Post here, and I'll
answer in a week.

Steve

Hey....I wanna have bubbly with Trixie too. :-)

cm
"Steve B" wrote in message
news:r5szg.109400$iU2.52443@fed1read01...
Might not be the place to ask, but I'll ask anyway.

I want to make a watchtower out of telephone poles at my cabin. I have
always liked heights, and this would be good for sky watching, getting a
good view, or sharing a bottle of bubbly with Trixie.

I believe I can get some poles that are used, but in good condition. I
believe that four would make a very strong support for a platform that
would probably have a limit of four people at any one time.

Anyone else done any work with telephone poles of this type? Seems Tinker
Toy simple, disregarding the rigging aspect. (I am a retired crane
operator and rigger.) It would be doable, just tricky.

Leaving in a few minutes for a week at the cabin. Post here, and I'll
answer in a week.

Steve

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:37:12 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote:

Do they need to be hollowed out?


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In article r5szg.109400$iU2.52443@fed1read01,
Steve B wrote:
Might not be the place to ask, but I'll ask anyway.

I want to make a watchtower out of telephone poles at my cabin. I have
always liked heights, and this would be good for sky watching, getting a
good view, or sharing a bottle of bubbly with Trixie.

I believe I can get some poles that are used, but in good condition. I
believe that four would make a very strong support for a platform that would
probably have a limit of four people at any one time.

Anyone else done any work with telephone poles of this type? Seems Tinker
Toy simple, disregarding the rigging aspect. (I am a retired crane operator
and rigger.) It would be doable, just tricky.

Leaving in a few minutes for a week at the cabin. Post here, and I'll
answer in a week.

Steve



Uhh, what was the question?

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Not to be critical, but this is a woodworking forum, not a construction
forum. I might suggest you post this over at alt.building.construction

"Steve B" wrote in message
news:r5szg.109400$iU2.52443@fed1read01...
Might not be the place to ask, but I'll ask anyway.

I want to make a watchtower out of telephone poles at my cabin. I have
always liked heights, and this would be good for sky watching, getting a
good view, or sharing a bottle of bubbly with Trixie.

I believe I can get some poles that are used, but in good condition. I
believe that four would make a very strong support for a platform that
would probably have a limit of four people at any one time.

Anyone else done any work with telephone poles of this type? Seems Tinker
Toy simple, disregarding the rigging aspect. (I am a retired crane
operator and rigger.) It would be doable, just tricky.

Leaving in a few minutes for a week at the cabin. Post here, and I'll
answer in a week.

Steve

On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 03:24:07 -0600, "James \"Cubby\" Culbertson"
wrote:

Not to be critical, but this is a woodworking forum, not a construction
forum. I might suggest you post this over at alt.building.construction

Unless he wants to have a real stylish tower, then maybe
alt.crafts.woodturning... *g*

Mac

https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm

"mac davis" wrote in message
...

Unless he wants to have a real stylish tower, then maybe
alt.crafts.woodturning... *g*

Mac

https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm

Now that would be something!

Steve,

Screw the 'wood snobs & perverts' . . .

I've seen 2-3 telephone-electric company-cable guys working on a single pole
with no problems {and NO - not from a 'bucket truck', you smart-asses !!}.
So from a structural consideration there should be no problems.

Depending on the size & style of your platform {'plain, flat with a safety
rail', 'Kids Playhouse', or 'Victorian Gazebo'}you might want to consider a
'tripod' arrangement. Being a 'belt & suspenders' type of engineer . . . I
would also guy it with cables {maybe disguised as 'vines'}equidistant from
the solid supports - which would be 'splayed' even if four.

Regards & Good Luck,
Ron Magen
Backyard Boatshop
{PS - Ascent via 'pull up' Jacobs Ladder ??}

"Steve B" wrote in message
news:r5szg.109400$iU2.52443@fed1read01...
Might not be the place to ask, but I'll ask anyway.

I want to make a watchtower out of telephone poles at my cabin. I have
always liked heights, and this would be good for sky watching, getting a
good view, or sharing a bottle of bubbly with Trixie.

I believe I can get some poles that are used, but in good condition. I
believe that four would make a very strong support for a platform that
would
probably have a limit of four people at any one time.

Anyone else done any work with telephone poles of this type? Seems Tinker
Toy simple, disregarding the rigging aspect. (I am a retired crane
operator
and rigger.) It would be doable, just tricky.

Leaving in a few minutes for a week at the cabin. Post here, and I'll
answer in a week.

Steve