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Hahaha, a woman trying to do something in a friend's workshop. You adjusted the length and a male friend did the cutting. Looking at your method to find the center of a square wooden board makes me laugh. Seems to have done that the first time in your life. You should have asked your friend who cut your 4x4. He would have known that no measuring is necessary to find the center of a square wooden board. It just shows your inexperience.

What type of vacuum do you have?

This woman is gorgeous ❤ Im gonna build one of these right now!

Any types of material that should be avoided when making a post?

30" is actually perfect for most cats, it should be 30" to 32" so cats can stand on their hind legs and stretch. Also isn't pine wood toxic to cats? I've read the oils from pine can potentially lead to liver damage, but I also heard that kiln dried pine wood is supposed to be safe for them

I need to do this my Mom's cat trashes a post every month its expensive Lol

Could you just leave finished post on the floor? Seems the cats started using it immediately. I’m in an apartment and my cat is scratching (and ruining) the rug in bedroom. My cat hasn’t used any bought scratching pads yet. Thanks

Great job Mary!! It's been 4 years... how has that scratchin' post held up?? 🙂

Shellac ? Lacquer I would have used mineral oil medical grade

Doesn't the glue come away at the ends and unravel.

GOOD job - I'm very impressed!!! Glad you let your husband use the saw to do the cutting. 🙂

Nice video and your cats are beautiful! A couple things to help: Catnip pressed into the rope will get most cats to scratch the post, often insanely. Use a straight edge to draw a line from corner to corner and where the lines intersect is the center.😉

good job

would it be easier to fix the rope if I tried it with a cylindercal shape?

Very cool video

4:38 Use a hammer and hammer the rope down into itself. You'll get a super tight bind. Just using your hands doesn't work well.

That's one hell-of-a nice wood shop!!! I can only dream of having such excellent tools available, like that amazing router table!

Yes, now all I need is a full woodshop with 10,000 dollars worth of equipment

What kind of burlap do you use?

Who has an entire workshop?

I'm wondering why your husband didn't offer his orbital sander for you to use on the flat surfaces and his sanding wheel for the edges?

Thanks for posting this. I built one following your design and my little fiend really likes it. Maybe now he will lay off the furniture a bit.

A sisal rope is just fancy for the human eyes, use the same materials of the nice couch they like to scratch... there you will be talking their language 🤣 sew a robust fabric cover for the 4x4, and you can sew varied covers and change them. I have (handle) 13 feral cats, 7 black cats, 6 varieties, 7 know how to go through their cat door to get inside to eat, snooze, hide, mess around, zoom, and only two use a litter box inside. And do not use piece of carpet or you would invite fleas and other unwanted insects for a lodging.

Rub Emers glue in between all layer of roping and let dry over night. The roping will last longer. What type/kind of rope was used?

Thank you for this vid :) I'm building a cat tree that's going to be 8.5 feet long, so I'll be applying what I learned here

Thank you so much for posting this, first video I have seen for making a cat scratcher that doesn't involve anything more than a drill and some screws. Now I feel like I can actually make one!

I've made and restored more of these than I can count. A few tips: Attach the post to the base before wrapping, then use a hammer to compress the rope as you wrap it every few turns. This will allow you to really compress the rope. If it's not tightly compresed, the cats will pull down while scratching on it, and separate the rope, leaving big gaps between the turns. A 1/4" narrow crown staple gun does wonders for holding the rope to the post, although the hot glue works well, too. Make sure to whip, or tape the ends of the rope so it doesn't fray after being affixed to the post. I use twine to whip the ends. You can also wrap the base of the post, and make a cross-shaped carpet piece to cover the top of the post prior to wrapping. It makes it look nice, and can be hot-glued in place to hide the seams. If you want to save a little money, you can screw a pair of 2x4s together instead of using a 4x4. If you want to more securely attach the base to the post, use a Forstner bit to countersink your bolt locations into the undersidee of the base, then use washers and lag bolts instead of screws. To get the cats using the post, just give it a squirt or two of Kong cat nip oil.

For a cat lover, DIY is very interesting.

Those are awesome. I'm thinking of trying something similar with some sort of distressed stain. Any suggestions on stains?

That cat understood the assignment.

I’m very happy you used some Milwaukee tools

My cats a little weirdo, he folds his ears back when he gets to scratching

Great video! Thank you for showing how it REALLY is and not pretending it was super easy. NGL my favorite is the reaction to the scratching behind you in beginning. Thank you for being so real. Made a post using your directions and it worked out great.

Awesome video, you’re great.

How much rope ?

It looks as though you applied hot glue here and there but not on every row. My post is round, do you think I should apply the hot glue on each row? TIA

Not me looking for the best way to attach an old post to some scrap plywood 😅😅🤣

the fluffier cat love horizontal scratcher i hope you make him some

lmao I know all too well how much it sucks to wrap those in a really tight manner! My first time wrapping it was with heavy duty sesil , on an 8 foot pole! I was trying to make one that my cats could climb. I realize you just got to get into the rhythm, Bend, twist pole, stable, are used to staple gun, Bend, twist, staple bend twist staple and repeat LOL! they ended up not even using it. 😂 I think the sisal that I bought was way too rough for their paws. Live in learn!

*Great job! I made a similar scratching post too, but with a shelf for the cat. Come visit)*

What we would not do for our lovely babies? So much work and everything looks absolutely amazing and babies love it! Great work! Just a tip; always wear gloves woke working with wood to avoid splinter.

Great job 👍 👍 I wish I had all those tools and the room for them! I still think that I can tackle this job though:) thanks for the tips and you got a new sub! Just curious, how much did this cost you in total for supplies? Or besides the rope did you already have everything needed for the job?

I'm going to make one of these for my time thank you for the idea I looked up homemade cat holes and found you you do a really nice job I'd like your cats are cool

Nice sweety

Oh a tape measure.. nope. I have to just buy a cat post🤣

This is really cute!!! Do you know if there's any retailer that would sell kits to make these? I'm not exactly creative...

Awesome, Thank you

Staple gun to attach rope. . Also worried about weight of wood scratcher versus base for tipping risk.... The store bought ones I had were hollow cardboard.

Love your voice

Love the idea. But buying all of those materials you're better to go buy one. But thats my opinion. Rhanks for showing us . i might do this. But will cut corners