![]() Also make sure that your horizontal trajectory is to the angle you wish. Raise drill to a level position using the Torpedo Level directly on the Auger drill bit. Accurately locate the center pin hole left behind from the Forstner bit with the tip of the Auger bit. Using a Torpedo Level and a friend or two to check your drill trajectory for accuracy begin drilling the hole for the TAB threads. #1 - (Leveling drill holes to each other is only necessary when installing TABs where the beam will be seated resting directly on the TAB.)Īttach the Auger drill bit in the drill. This is to ensure there is no space for infection or bugs to easily enter into and disturbe the critical nutrient flow layers just under the bark of the tree. Drill the depth of the hole shallow enough to ensure that the Boss on the TAB will protrude out of the tree enough to seal off any portion of the exposed interior of the tree. Pull out the nail that was marking the location. #2 - Install the Forstner Bit into the drill. Eyeing the water level on each side of the tube after waiting for the water to settle mark each hole location with a nail. This simple tool will provide the ability to mark two hole locations on the tree either side of the tree or on two or more trees. #1 - A water level consists of a bendable clear tube filled with water. This requires extreme accuracy in locating the hole heights and the drilling of the holes to ensure a level resting platform for the beams. If the Treehouse will be resting on the TABs then it will most likely be necessary that the two bolts protrusions are directly parallel and level to each other. A good long list of species, though not quite as much data on each one as MatWeb. but generally pretty good cause they list for different moisture content, grain direction, etc. Here are two links to a couple of the Oaks for example. The best one is Enter the type of wood in the Text Search option in the middle of the page - try Oak and you'll see a bunch of options. Select your wood type and discover its properties so you can discover accurate results in your simulation. Here are a few websites that will guide your engineering process if you will be performing any load simulations. ![]() This is to ensure that in a windy scenario should the structure swing onto only 3 points it is capable. My rule of thumb when rigging a structure with cabling is to base the capability of the structure on 3 rigging points although there are always more than 3 points distributing the load. Since your installing this structure in a tree it is best to over engineer. Many of the tree bolts come with ratings. This means the capacity of your connections is 5 times greater than the total weight of the structure + the total weight of the people in the structure. This means that the total capacity of your connection points (if load and center of mass is distributed evenly) should be have a 5X safety factor. ![]() I usually describe this as fully loaded to the Live Load Capacity, in an earth quake wind storm in the winter during a dance party. ![]() The tree connections need to be able to support the worst case loading scenario that could take place in the treehouse. I will not cover this process in this Instructable but will give you a few links to get started. It is now time to design the treehouse structure. Now that all of the tools and proper hardware are gathered. Here are a few resources for purchasing your tree hardware: This hook is either used to rig directly off or can be used to rig a support cable that triangulates the cantilevered end of the TAB extension ( pictured ). It is a simple laser cut bracket of 3/8" mild steel with a bit of a kink in it half way through. I've pictured both types above.Īlso pictured is a bracket that slips over the protruding end of the TAB. If you plan to use the TAB as a rigging point only then your bar needs to extend only a few inches past the pushing on the outside of the tree. Depending upon the context in which you plan to use the bolt you may have additional steel bar extending past the bushing on the outside of the tree. The TAB consists of a boss or giant bushing affixed at the end of a bolt. They are based on a basic premise that load should be distributed into greater surface area at the moment or location where the bolt exits the tree. Tree Bolts or as they are referred to in the industry TAB ( Tree Attachment Bolts ) come in all shapes and sizes. ![]()
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