In this article we will tell in detail how to make garden swing do it yourself. Of course, you can buy a finished product and quickly install it in the yard, but if there is no such possibility or you feel that you can do everything yourself, our article will help you make a swing for giving.

Rest in the fresh air can be truly full and cheerful if you competently equip your country area, providing it with everything necessary. A place for a barbecue, a small bathhouse, a swimming pool - ways to relax in the "Fazenda" do not count. But that must be present, so this garden swing. They can relax after a rapid day, enjoy silence and tranquility. Such swings will become a real "magnet" for children who will carry out all their free time without freeing to parents.

If you decide to get this useful design, first of all, decide on the target purpose of the swing.

Types of swing

Depending on the goals of the swing:

Family - differ in massiveness and large sizes. As a rule, it is a wide bench with a high back and a canopy. At such a swing can easily fit to 4-5 people. Canopy allows you to use a swing even in cloudy weather.

Baby - designed exclusively for young children. There are many varieties of children's swings, excellent in form, method of manufacture and used materials. The prerequisite for all children's swings is the presence of seat belts for fixing young children.

Portable - Country Mobile type swings that can be suspended on the street (to wood), on the veranda or in the house. Swings are attached to powerful attachments installed on the ceiling.

Location swing

Decided on the appointment of the future swings, choose a location where they will be installed. Swing for the whole family is best positioned on flat ground, well illuminated by the sun or in the shade of a tree. If you intend to put a swing under a tree, be aware that with the onset of autumn with him will fall leaves, and swing will have to clean or cover with plastic wrap. Best of all, if it is not a fruit tree, or the falling fruit can damage the canopy.

The choice of materials

Independent work will require you to certain skills. If you want to build a garden metal swing, you should be able to handle appropriate tools - welding machine, "Bulgarian", hacksaw, etc. That's a pretty specific operations requiring good practice. Besides it is necessary to know how to make the drawings garden swing of metal, especially considering all the material.

If you are not sure that will cope with the metal, it is best to build a garden swing from a tree. With this work will cope anyone with minimal Stolarski skills, but simply put, any thrifty landlord.

We offer you to build a comfortable wooden garden swing for the whole family. This is the best option for a suburban area, because every family member can enjoy the fruits of your labors.

Necessary materials

1. Pine board (length 2.5 m, width 10 cm, thickness 25 mm) - 15 pcs.
2. Pine board (length 2.5 m, width 15 cm, thickness 50 mm) - 1 pc.
3. Timber - 4 pcs. the height of the swing.
4. Beam - 2.5 m.
5. Samorezayuschy screw (80 x 4.5) - 40 pcs.
6. Samorezayuschy screw (51 x 3.5) - 200 pcs.
7. Carbine - 6 pcs.
8. Circuit (thickness 5 mm) - length equal to the height of the swing.
9. Screw ring (12 x 100) - 2 pieces.
10. Screw ring (12 x 80) - 2 pieces.

When choosing a timber, note the softness and pliability of the tree. It should be firm, but easy to work with. The best option - pine, spruce and birch boards.

When choosing fixtures and fittings, we can already begin to create the future design of the swing - color can match the color of the wood or contrast against its background (black).

Required tools

1. Drill with a set of drill bits.
2. Saw.
3. Jigsaw.
4. Hammer.
5. Plane.
6. Roulette.
7. Pencil or marker.
8. Gon.

It is clear that the tools for the manufacture of garden swings made of wood are completely common. Most of them are in the garage or workshop. If you do not get some kind of tool, take it for rent or ask for acquaintances. Also, for clarity, it is better to prepare an exemplary drawing of a garden swing to stick to it in the process of work.

Step-by-step instruction

1. Make two support racks from bars. To do this, calculate the optimal angle of fastening. Remember, the wider the seats of the swing, the wider the ends of the BRUSEW should stand. It will give a good support and stability of the swing. The top pieces of BRUSEV will be built by self-spinning screws (self-drawing).

support racks

2. For more durability, lock the crossbars in parallel to each other on the bars. It is best to mount them with corners planted on a self-tapping screw.

Fix the support racks

3. Secure the support transverse timber on the side racks using screws. Incover the foundation for future swings to the ground to a depth of at least 70 cm. On the bottom of the dug holes, put rubble, install the rack and pour cement. Check the horizontal of the base with the help level.

4. Slip the boards on a length of 1.5 m. Carefully monitor so that the angles of all parts were straight (angle 90 °).

The obtained parts should be durable and reliable thickness less than 20 mm, otherwise the swing will not cope with a weight of several people. Boards for the "back" swing can be thinner, since the load in this area is much less than on the seat.

Marking board

5. To protect the wooden slats from cracking, drill holes where the screws will be screwed. To do this, it is better to use a thin drill drill. Serve to a depth of up to 2.5 mm.

Drill the planks

6. From the thick boards, make the basis for the swing. To sit on them it was convenient, it is best to make a figured base that repeats the anatomy of the spine. Divide the board on 6 equal parts (it turns out to be 41.6 cm). Then, at each part, make marking and "raguinary" corners of the board.

Marking for the base

Select the most convenient angle of connecting the seat and "backs" and alternately secure the bar. Observe regular intervals between the slats base to load evenly distributed on the swings. For a more precise fix, first secure the extreme parts, and the last thing - the average.

Secure the details bases

7. First of all, it is a swing to the base of the central plank exactly in the middle between the back and the seat. Then you will be able to align the remaining details without any problems, resulting from a beautiful and even surface.

Finally, make armrests. For them, any bars of arbitrary width are suitable. Lock one end of the armrest on the back, and the other on the seat frame.

Secure armrests

8. Your "family" swings are almost ready! It remains only to treat them with varnish or paint. You can save the natural color and texture of the tree, covering the surface with a transparent varnish or give a certain shade, using a tree with toning. If your children love to draw, trust them to decorate the swing acrylic paints, and then fix the result with varnish. Options set and you are free to choose a way to finish on your taste and color!

9. Install the mounts. Rings for the chain are best installed on the bottom of the armrest rack. Then the load will be evenly distributed over the entire surface of the swing. The exact same rings are screwed to the upper beam to which the swing will be attached. It remains only to attach the chain to the rings with the help of carbines and enjoy the result of their works!

Install fasteners

Using our detailed instructions, you can make a swing for giving less than a week! Use high-quality materials and fasteners, then they will delight the whole family for many years. Swing for the whole family is the desired attribute of the country area. Children will spend great time, fun and playing on a large comfortable seat, and adults will be able to relax after a busy day. Do not miss the opportunity to decorate your cottage, experience your carpentry skills and give the joy to close people.

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