Cat Steps  2                                                1-2025

 

Working With Carpet

 

Each step will need some kind of carpet attached so the cats can stick the landing. I happen to have some carpet leftover from my 33 Ford Coupe, which should work great for this.
 

 

 

I clamped each piece in place and used 3/8" long staples to fasten them.
 

 

 

Here is what it looks like. I told Tracey if she finds the cats are having trouble with so many staples, she can remove a few.
 

 

 

Working With Wood Again

 

This is going to be a corner piece. The finished size will be 15" X 15" and the front will have a radius.
 

 

 

I used pocket hole screws to hold the sides to the top.
 

 

 

The radius will go from corner to corner so I used my larger compass to draw my line.
 

 

 

My bandsaw made quick work of this.
 

 

 

It's Finished

 

After a little sanding and carpet work, this piece is done.
 

 

 

I made one custom support in the center that uses three screws that goes into the top, and two screws from the back. I didn't put any mounting holes in this piece intentionally. This way she can drill the holes anywhere she wants.
 

 

 

A view from one of the sides. You can see the pocket hole screws along with two screws for one of the smaller supports. If you look close, you can see the countersinks for the two screws at the rear that help hold the center support.
 

 

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