Comments on: DIY Jungle Gym http://limb2limb.com/2007/05/02/diy-jungle-gym/ "A limb once amputated is dead but nature has an uncanny way to compensate........" Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:42:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Steven Hampton http://limb2limb.com/2007/05/02/diy-jungle-gym/#comment-7236 Steven Hampton Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:40:29 +0000 http://limb2limb.com/2007/05/02/diy-jungle-gym/#comment-7236 GREAT BLOG!!! I love the way you blogged the whole experience of building the jungle fort. I am embarking on the same adventure that you undertook. I just went this morning and purchased the lumber for the jungle fort and the swing set. I decided that I would wait and by lumber for additional components latter. I am planning on reading you post but if you have any tips for someone about to start building that are not in the blog I would love for you to share them with me. Thanks. GREAT BLOG!!! I love the way you blogged the whole experience of building the jungle fort. I am embarking on the same adventure that you undertook. I just went this morning and purchased the lumber for the jungle fort and the swing set. I decided that I would wait and by lumber for additional components latter. I am planning on reading you post but if you have any tips for someone about to start building that are not in the blog I would love for you to share them with me. Thanks.

]]> By: Steve http://limb2limb.com/2007/05/02/diy-jungle-gym/#comment-7269 Steve Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:47:16 +0000 http://limb2limb.com/2007/05/02/diy-jungle-gym/#comment-7269 I think the plans that I used were very comprehensive which left little to guess work. I think I would have labeled each component better as they tended to get lost amongst the vast amounts that I had as I cut everything at once. If I had seperate piles it would have been easier but I was also constructing different to the set plans so at the end I was very pleased with the end result. The most important aspect of the build was to work at it methodically and not try to rush it along so for me it was a great adventure that I was able to involve my children in. The one thing that I was surprised about was the amount of shrinkage the lumber had over the course of a year and it was important to go around and re-tighten all the bolts. Apart from that I feel I have captured the whole build experience in writing even if it is in a somewhat abbreviated form. I think the plans that I used were very comprehensive which left little to guess work. I think I would have labeled each component better as they tended to get lost amongst the vast amounts that I had as I cut everything at once. If I had seperate piles it would have been easier but I was also constructing different to the set plans so at the end I was very pleased with the end result.

The most important aspect of the build was to work at it methodically and not try to rush it along so for me it was a great adventure that I was able to involve my children in. The one thing that I was surprised about was the amount of shrinkage the lumber had over the course of a year and it was important to go around and re-tighten all the bolts. Apart from that I feel I have captured the whole build experience in writing even if it is in a somewhat abbreviated form.

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