Ultimate DIY cat tree.
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Ultimate DIY cat tree. This video is about how I made a cat tree for our cat Callie. Its has multiple levels, platforms, scratching posts and games to keep her entertained.
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The floor area is 800mm x 600mm and the total height is 1500mm.
Materials I used:
1/2 inch plywood
Fleece throws
Cardboard tubes approx 60 mm in diameter (got mine from heavy duty shrink wrap at work)
Twine
5 minute Epoxy
Hot glue
Furniture Hex Socket Screw Inserts. Like these: amzn.to/332yXt8
Bolts
Wood glue
Screws
Staples (lots)
4 small wheels (optional)
Black felt (to cover bottom of plywood)
Tools I used:
Drill
Hole saw (to match inside diameter of cardboard tube)screwdriver
Chop saw (optional but a lot easier if you have one)
Staple gun
Jig saw
Drill bits
Hot glue gun
Brad nailer (optional)
I think that is all!
** Always be careful while using tools and machinery**
YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF YOUR OWN HEALTH AND SAFETY!!
Music: "Thunder" and "Streamline" from the RUclips audio library. 
Хобби
Well , after watching this .....
.......
I think I better just .....buy one ....
😂😂
Hahahaha that's what I thought! Like it's cool and all but I could never
Sure is fun to watch the making of the Kitty Climb ~ though.😊
It was made with much love!! :3
@@mel_issa__, don't know until you try. And be honest, will your cat care if it's not perfect?
Me: spends two days making this for my cat
My cat: eats a spider then pukes it up, sleeps for 3 hours in an Amazon box then chases some old receipt I didn't aim well enough at the bin
😅 😅
Lol
Nuala J 😆
wow
I bought a cat tower for my cat too and she's completely ignored it. She'd rather chase the cockroaches 😭
I'm glad my cats didn't see this
😂😂
Jim Palmore 😂😂😂
smh
hahahaha
Jim Palmore 😹😹😹😂🤣😂🥰
There’s a special place for men that love cats!
Thank you!
!Lord O Lord😍..
All men should
;)
all men like pussy :)
I had a nice cat tree for a while. Probably months. My cat used to watch me when I went near it because if it wasn't sufficient enough for the human slaves to sit and play on, shit must be no good. Lol would you believe I climbed my ass up there and next day he was sleeping on it and has been for months?! My fiancee to this day still doesn't know I did that. Just knows the cat started to like it all of a sudden! Lol! 😆🤣🤣😂🤣
The mind of a cat is a mysterious thing, right? 😂
Christa Merritt because it carried your scent. Cats like to be around things that have ur scent. That is why they scratch couches and stuff
That proud meow after he climbed to the top!!! he is so proud about his dad and he should. i wish i could make something like that for my babies..
Can he come make one for me? I spent $80 on one and couldn't figure out how to put it together. 😢
@@valeriefaabergpitel7356 I know, me too
(Sad meow)
💕 >^. .^< 💕
@@theangriestcatintheworld mine 3 cats doesnt even play with their tree. I found a huge one on chewy for a really good price.
@@alyssabrown6480 Aww, really? I found one that someone had put outside (it looked like a bloody tiger had used it, bits of it was shredded hehe), but I dragged it home anyway, and my wee boy nearly knocked it over leaping on it! It was an hysterical moment, he was just chuffed to bits he had a tree. He loves that ratty thing. It's still strong and though it's wee rough, he loves it.
(Oh, wait, I meant *I* love it, I'm the angry moggy, hehe)
💕 >^. .^< 💕
I bought a 2 meter tall tree, about $180, in january and my goddamn four cats ignored it and kept scratching my furniture. So, I solved by sprinkling catnip all over ir and today, they love playing in it even after I cleaned it. That's your answer: buy catnip. Your furniture, wallet and sanity will thank you. 👌
That's my cat. Now I know why he's never home.
😂😂
Looks exactly like mine too. Love how the cat played on the whole thing, completely deleted all my criticisms of it except the fact that an older larger cat would need larger circular tops on those top posts.
Will You Marry me 💍 lol just you me and our cats 😂😭
😂😂😂 How many cats do you have.
@@EamonWalshDIY she i donno,but me two..lol
I'll fight you for him! 😃
Eamon Walsh DIY I have two! A Persian and a Maine Coon, both boys. They are huge! Duece and Daddy 😁
I thought I was the only one who was mad at the wedding ring! :D
I love the way this is edited. It makes it so easy to understand what you’re doing. Great job on the video and cat tree!
Thank you very much Lily!
Haha it looks like the cat is wearing a permanent long-sleeved shirt
Tuxedo.
I've been watching a lot of these videos trying to get ideas to build my own. This is the best one I've seen.
Thank you so much Roxanne.
I think so too
The cat said it all.
Great stuff, all I need now is a cat!!
😊 Thank you very much.
There was a cat🙃
@@keeppdreamingg2982 One day, someone brave enough will come in here and woosh you
I have a cat...all I need now are these DIY skills!
Stupid comment
maybe i can make this!
and other lies i tell myself
I love just the basic way of gluing the rope around the tube, Much better than having to do it while it's vertical!
Thank you Wendy.
I think Callie did a fantastic job of supervising the entire project. She certainly gave it the claw of approval !
She sure did 😊
You did a fantastic job! But I'll take my chances with the store, my paws are big and my nails are too sharp to hold power tools🤣
😃😃😃 Thank you.
😂🤣😆❤️
I had my doubts when building this. Mine didn't come out perfect ( like the video ) but our cats love it.
Thats the most important thing!! :-)
Congrats I'm sure your cats love you for it 🙂
There is only one reason to someone do this: LOVE!
I was amazed by the way you work and the clean finishes... and loved to see your Angel trying every part of it 😊😊😊...WELL DONE AND THANKS FOR LOVING YOUR CAT SOOO MUCH😁😁😁
Thank you Thalie
That's fantastic - and kitty-approved - what a lucky cat!
Thank you Marian, she loves it.
I know an evil Ginger b'stard that might be getting one of those boxes with a ball an holes in it
Thanks, Great job Mate 👍 😊
😂😂😂 Thank you very much.
So PROFESSIONAL! I was mesmerized! Yr cat loves it too.
Thank you very much, she loves it!
Vrrrrrrrooooom
@@alyssam8550 chuckle. You funny girl you. ☺
Best part of all this is to see the kitty cat playing with it. King of the tree lol ❤❤
Thank you Alyssa
That is fantastic! What incredible work! Different from anything I've seen in the pet stores. You've given me some good tips & great inspiration.
Thank you Barbara, that is great to hear!
I really like the jig you made for doing the twine!
Thank you, it sure makes the process a lot easier.
Who else had this in their recommended, it is kind of like the team trees thing so maybe that's why
Love it, do you have a pattern or measurement guidelines that we can print off to follow. My cats (all 4) need a new cat scratcher desperately.
I wish I could make that on my own instead of spending over 80 dollars on a store bought cat tree
Waow!! 😁 Is it cat proof 😜 it looks like a cirque du soleil cat tree 🎄 🙀😻😁😀
WAW, this is amazing, i wish i could do one of this for my cat 😍 Also your kitty looks adorable and she really enjoy the new cat tree. Well Done 😍
Thank you very much Corina 😻😻😻
That reaction at the top of the mountain said everything, it's love at first climb! 😻
Fantastically done Bud. Glad to see you back with another video. I'm jealous of the cat as this is one heck of a play tower. Hope all is well 7 Dirty Jersey out!!
Thank you very much Mike, I hope to have more videos out at a more regular basis from now.
great I just need to buy hundresds of dollars in equipment and I'm all set
Then don’t do it if your not a carpenter my family’s blue collar if your not then don’t whine and complain just go buy one because you probably have all the money to buy one and don’t have to build your own house and furniture
All that for a cat ? 🐱 We just place a fallen tree limb against an old work bench. The cats love it. All 15 ~ 17 of them.
17!! WOW
Look at what my dad have just make for me... Isn't it purrrfect?
This is the only reason why I want to learn carpentry, to build these trees to my cats lol.
i made this without an issue really. the hot gluing really burned me though lmao. my babies love it!!
I've got a triple bunk bed... Let's call that a cat tower.
Amazing , awwww such a high moment at the end 😝 thanks for the smiles
Absolutely AWESOME!!!☺
I kept thinking...this is a guy...that really cares for his cat💞...nice work👍👍👍
Thank you. I do when she is not attacking and scratching me!😃😉
It's not that easy though.. beautiful to watch 😭❤️
Thank you Ritu.
I loooove the way she totally adored that playhouse! You got a great kitteh right there!
Thank you Jenny 😻😻
Nice work, cat trees are very expensive. If that was in a retail store I can imagine seeing a price label on it for $100 or more.
Thanks Shawn.
Between a cat-bed and a cat-scratcher, the cats definitely prefer the cat-scratcher.
If you can put the bed IN the cat-scratcher, he will like both.
But the bed alone, they don't want that, they want the full tower for themselves to feel superior in every way.
9:54 clearly hates it - look at him trying to rip it to shreds
(Kidding)
I know.😃
He was enjoying the catnip 😏
The "meow" seal of approval at the end, is so adorable!
Me seeing the thumbnail: Oh, I think maybe I could do this for my cats.
Me after seeing the video: Ok, maybe I can just... buy one :/
Give it a try.
How to capture a cat if she entered the wrong place?
LOL your cat is going crazy now
This is AWESOME!!!!!! I can't love this enough. Best cat tree/tower video I've seen yet! I may do something similar but need to find an alternative for wood because it's sooooo expensive these days.
Edit 1: What staple gun are you using and does it work with 3/4" plywood or would a brad nailer be better for going through that thick of plywood? (Sorry. New to woodworking.)
Edit 2: Oooooh, I wonder what your pretty kitty would do with toys hanging down from different spots on the tree?
Hi Heather, thank you very much!
To fit the fleece I used an electric staple gun like this: www.screwfix.ie/p/titan-ttb515stp-15mm-second-fix-electric-nail-gun-stapler-240v/99925 and it worked perfectly on the plywood. I did use a brad nailer to help secure the wood into the tubes but some screws would also work. Some hanging toys would be a great addition, they would just need to be secured very well! If I was doing it again I would do something different with the box section in the middle. When she younger and smaller she used it but now she has gotten older she hardly ever uses it.
@@EamonWalshDIY Awesome, except that she's all "grown up now" and doesn't use it. LOLOL!! My dang cat doesn't drink enough water and I saw a video where cats like running water so I bought a fancy "faucet" type waterer and that dork has NEVER used it. He jumps up on the raised dog feeder and waterer and drinks out of that! He has no idea how much Lab slobber he is ingesting. XD
Thank you so much for showing this to us it looks great I'm going to try it. It is so nice to watch something like this without having them stop every 3 minutes to tell you how to do something
Thank you very much Mel.
Si sabías que los CASCABELES le generan estrés a los gatos, y además les ocasionan daños en los oídos, deberías quitarle el cascabel por el bien del gatito.
How much did I cost for you to make? And my BF have been thinking about making our own instead of dropping $130 at a big name pet store.
Great build. The only thing I might of changed is the large box the cat goes into, when cats are sick they will hide in a place like that so I'd make a door on the back so you can get them out.
Thanks Andrew, I never thought of that! Hope she doesn't get stuck. 😃
Aww, she loves it :D !
Awww you're cat LOVES it! Job well done! I bought mine off Amazon & could hardly put it all together out of the box
Uhhh diy means I can make it too. Bruh this is impressive and now I feel bad cause how do I make this?? :')
OK OK... I can Do this myself... But I don´t have half of these tools!!! XD
I want to learn how to make my baby one of these.
satisfying to watch!! love the towers..
Thanks Beby.
I want that for my kitty.
What was the total cost of materials? I'd like an estimate before I try my hand at it
LOVE THE FACT you show it being "CAT approved". the cat sells. it!! climbing, biting, clawing, fishing for gems in that little mystery box. LOVE IT.
Real men love their pets and all would build something like this (if they had the imagination and skills).
About 12 years from now you can DIY a staircase to the bed and one for this tower of joy (DIY Cat Tree demonstrated here).
I was mesmerized while watching this incredible cat tower get built. It's unique, fun for cats and looks like it will last forever. So well made. If three female cats show up at your door with a suitcase, they're mine. I tried to explain I couldn't possibly make them a cat tree with my two hands and 10 thumbs and they started packing their toys immediately.
Thank you Trudy, I will keep an eye out for them 😹😹
Nobody:
Not even a single soul:
Me and my cats: Seems legit
Truly a king commanding his castle, and a fine one at that! I'm building my own cat tower (complete with turrets and battlements), and am so grateful to have your video fur some inspurration. Unfortunately, mine won't include a meow with accompanying bass drop
😻😻 Thank you very much Maddy.
Hola, seria bueno que pongas las medidas de las cosas que hiciste. Que medida tiene el saca bocado y que tipo de caño usaste para rellenarlos
Marry me pls, or send me one of those
😃😃😃
The building is cool but please take this bell of his neck, read some about bells and cats, cats hate them, they can even get many psychical problems bc of them.
I'm glad I saw this video now I can build this for my beloved cats
😊😊😊 Wow WoW V e r y n i c e 😊😊😊
Wow. Ok, now that I want to build one of these myself, I gotta figure out how to get these results without all these tools :D Build this with only a hammer, scissors and some screwdrivers? Challange accepted.
Damn... i just got cardboard boxes and glue 😬
You have skills on another level! I live in VA would you make one (a bit slimmer as my home is small). What's the cost plus shipping? If you r not selling these your crazy! Petco has ones like this $400+! And the quality is most likely not nearly as good...I bought one just a stickin poll that my cat can do zoomies it has 3 shelves plus the base and the carpet was shredded in less than a month and he broke the top poll that ran in between the top base & top poll that had the spring in it. OMG he is a monster and now is back to climbing ME!! 🤷🏼♀️💜🐱🐱🐱🐱
U R ➡️🤴🏻👐🙌👐👏👏👏
Thank you Julie but it was just a one off.
Yup.. I'll get to this straight on. Sigh
That amazing - such a good job! And Callie-Kitty has that look of a cat who knows full well they've landed on all four paws when it comes to the high quality of their hoomins - she thinks you're wonderful - and she obviously loves her palace of a cat tower. :)
Thank you very much, she is fast asleep on the top of it as i write this!💤
Suoer cool but my cats would destroy that in 2.5 seconds
May i know what are the exact name of the materials used?
I'm jealous. I wish I can make one for my baby hahaha
Смастерил нечто подобное моя кошка с опаской обходит стороной
Great video, inspires to do some diy as well. But please, take the bell from the kitty :( Turns out it is very unhealthy for cats to wear a jiggling bell, because they can hear much better and this constant noise is unhealthy.
Currently I'm working on some working space at my basement and then I'll try to dyi some similar cat tree and probably I will give it away to my mom, who is currently fostering 3 little cats found at work. Will come probably to seek some advies as well :))
Thank you, if you want to know anything just let me know and I will try to help.
Should've put a basket on one of the top pillars so the cat can sleep in it but very good job regardless. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Chris.
"Meow" =
"thank yoo hooman, this will doo" lol
Awesome tree, with entertainment & comfort. Id mutch rather have that for my 2 lunatics lol than any I've seen in stores 👍
Thank you very much Dori 😊
It's great to that you built this but I just have to point out for everyone that might read this, please remember that a main function of a cat tree is to give you pet exercise of the kind they would get if they were in the wild. Like jumping high or far, climbing up steep slopes or even vertical rope covered poles. You don't need to make it so easy for them unless they are old or infirm. Your pet will be much healthier if they get the kind of exercise nature intended. That said, if your pet hasn't had such opportunity before, start them slowly and increase the distance or slope.
Thank you Robin.
Nice work I shall be trying this
This is EPIC! I love this so much! Thank you for sharing. I definitely do not have the skills or the patience to make this whole thing, but my boys would love the box with the holes and Jingle balls hidden underneath! That would be so much fun for them.
Thank you again.
Thank you very much LaVonda! 😊
Take off the bell, be torturing the cat!
well done on the cat tree. I love tuxedo cats. My tuxedo princess needs a new one after watching your video
😹😹 Thank you.
waw , great video ,thanks for sharing , you really did great work
Thank you very much.
Honestly amazing work! I have been wanting to build some sort of cat tree but my plans were not this grand lol. Of course I only took one shop class in highschool so I'm not very skilled. Anyways loved watching this till I seen your tuxedo kitty who looks very similar to mine that just passed :'( but still really loved your craftsmanship. Looks like you bought that for a hefty price, not made it
I would have actually enjoyed more watching the whole 11 minutes of just your cat playing on top of this thing; lmao
Amazing. Kitty' goes right to the top and say's thank you!
🐱Itu sangat membantu. (^_^)Terima kasih.👍
Terima kasih. 🐱
Mission accomplished ! Your cat is happy and very lucky ; Great job on the build up!👍🏻
Thank you very much 😻😻
Espero que mis gatos nunca vean esto porque me abandonan por irse contigo 😅
🤣🤣🤣
I can’t do it myself! I don’t even have third the tools you have
This is not DIY, this is better than factory quality! Great job!
Thank you very much!
I love watching all sorts of build videos at 2.0x speed. It's the only way to go since they tend to be so long.