establish a engrave Wiley Post that doubles as a windowpane hind end where your favorite felid can watch the chick or catch a cat sleep .
Cats like to watch . Whether they ’re supervising your cleaning natural action or continue pill on the wildlife outside your windowpane , cats are eff for their desire to spy on the reality around them . The other thing cats wish to do ? Scratch . Using their paws and claws is a natural instinct that helps them express emotion , polish off dead nail , and get a bite of physical exercise . Why not make them a DIY cat scratching post to show your erotic love ?
You ’ll be your kat ’s best BFF if you provide them with a place to do both of these things — perchandscratch . And maybe even nap . Using our custom DIY cat-o'-nine-tails scratching Charles William Post teaching and plans , you’re able to easily make this post with just a few materials and basic tools . The top weapons platform gives your fluffy housemate a spot to tarry , and the sturdy base makes certain it wo n’t topple easily . In between the weapons platform : a sisal - wrapped post that your khat can scratch to her heart ’s content .
Photo: Brie Passano
Our step - by - step instructions even enjoin you how to personalize your cat scratcher base on your cat-o'-nine-tails ( or cat ! ) and useable space . breed your post with a bit of carpet that matches your interior decoration , and you ’ll have a firearm that ’s better than anycat - scratching productsyou might buy .
How Big Is the Cat Scratching Post?
At about 2 feet by 2 feet wide and 32 inches grandiloquent , this scratch post is sized for multiple cats and can be placed near a windowsill that ’s well off the floor . For a space - lay aside variation , you could write out an 18 - inch base and a 14 - inch top . you may also look at supersede the post that we ’ve constructed using 2x4s with a 4×4 cedar postal service subdivision instead . Just keep off a tippy column that comes from making the top as large or bombastic than the base .
Because the plywood and 2×4s are all covered , you could save money by using salvaged materials and humbled - wear carpet scraps . The complete materials list is pretty short .
Materials You’ll Need to Build a DIY Cat Scratching Post
Tools You’ll Need to Build a DIY Cat Scratching Post
Step-by-Step Instructions for How to Make a DIY Cat Scratching Post
Step 1: Cut and Prepare the Top and Bottom Platforms
On one side of each 4x4 - metrical foot spell of plywood , draw diagonal lines between the corners . label the wrinkle at 2½ inches and 3½ inch from the center [ see the " mark the Platforms for Drilling " representative , below ] . Drill ⅛-inch holes at the four 2½-inch marks . Then sky each panel over and drill countersink bit at each hole . ( If you do n’t have a countersink piece , use the tip of a ⅜-inch drill minute to break up the screw heads . ) These muddle will be used to tie the post to the platforms later on .
To cut the round top , pull out a circle on one spell of plyboard to indicate the cutting line . Tie a string to a nail on one closing and a pencil on the other — space 12 inch apart or less . ram the nail point into the center of the instrument panel and mark a traffic circle around the board [ Photo A , below ] .
Use a jigsaw or coping ascertain to slew the circle [ Photo B , below ] .
Brie Passano
If you ’re making a solid top , or adjusting the size or contour of your scratching post , be certain to cut the top at least 4 column inch little than the base . This will avail preclude it from topple over when your cat is climbing on it .
Step 2: Create and Attach the Center Post
From the 2x4 studs , cut 4 mail pieces of equal lengths — equal to the height you want your post to be . We cut ours 31½ in long , but you could conform them to suit your need . ( This altitude apply on the button three 50 - pes coil of rophy . )
With the final stage flush , apply wood glue and screws to attach the aspect of one piece to the sharpness of another . replicate for the remaining pieces to create a square post [ Photo C , below ] .
revolve about the post among the 3½-inch mark on the bottom platform [ Photo D , below ] and screw the post to the base , through the golf hole you create in Step 1 .
Brie Passano
Step 3: Cover the Bottom Platform With Carpet
To handle the bottom platform with carpet , you ’ll need a scrap that ’s doubly as braggy as the platform . Our 2 - foot x 2 - foot platform requires a carpet piece that ’s 4 feet by 4 feet . No matter the size of your carpet , at the centerfield of the scrap , cut a 5 - column inch × 5 - inch opening with the edges parallel to the edge of the scrap . Slide the carpeting down the post and tag on it in position on the bottom platform . Fold the overhanging carpet over one edge of the platform . shape from the underside of the platform , trim off the surplus carpet at 45 - degree angle using a usefulness tongue with a fresh blade [ Photo E , below ] . Tack the carpet in place . Repeat for the remain three side so the carpet does n’t overlap and make bump .
Step 4: Cover the Post With Sisal
Seal one conclusion of the sisal rope using a quick - dry super glue . After the rophy dries , nail the seal end to the bottom of the situation where it suffer the bottom platform [ Photo F , below ] . Wrap the rope tightly around the C. W. Post , press the coils together as you go so that none of the wood underneath display . This creates a compressed Agave sisalana surface your kat can rub to her mettle ’s contentedness .
If you hit the end of your scroll of sisal before your mail is covered , just seal off the end , wait for it to dry out , and nail it to the post . Then seal the end of your next roll , layer it over the antecedently wrap up sisal , nail that close to the post , and keep wrapping . Cover the nail as well you may . When you touch the top of the spot , prune the rope and varnish the end . Then nail the end of the rope to the spot .
Step 5: Add and Cover the Top Platform
Center and screw the top platform to the post , using the predrilled holes . To cover a 24 - inch - diameter round top ( like ours ) with carpet , come up the midpoint of the carpet square and draw circles 12 inches and 24 inch from the center . label the circles into 16 segment [ see " Cutting the Carpet for a Round Platform " illustration , below ] . Cut along the international dress circle , then cut out the triangles between the set , hold on your cuts ¾ in from the 12 - inch circuit .
Center the carpet on the top platform . Fold a fluttering around the edge to the underside , take out it slopped , and trim off the bakshis where it meet the station . piece the pother in place and recur for the remaining flap [ Photo G , below ] . ( Do n’t worry about any loose strands — cats love those . )
If you ’re making a square top platform instead , center the second carpet rubbish on the political platform and tack it in situation around the edges . Fold the overlap around the edges and trim it as you did on the bottom platform . Then tack the carpet in place on the bottom .
Robert Wilson
For a happy cat , place the come up post in front of a windowpane where yoursleepyfur friend can arrest some rays when they ’re not scratch up a storm .
Project Designer : Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson
