Swing Arbor

[Lee Schierer]

I just finished a project for my sister. It is actually a gift from her daughter. My sister inherited the 80+ year old white oak porch swing that hung on the porch of my grandfathers house for more years than anyone can remember. She had it on her porch until she moved to a newer house that didn't have a porch. They wanted a place to use the swing in her back yard, where she can sit in her garden and read or sew. I used plans from "Wood" magazine, but found several weak fastener applications and some missing dimensions in their plans. Nonetheless, I was able to complete the project with the addition of two side tables to hold beverages and/or snacks. Enjoy
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[Mark Valsi]

Nice job, looks like a great place to read !

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Nicely done Lee! Looks like a great place to contemplate the world or just to relax.

[Andrew Hughes]

I like it also Lee,looks like a fun one to make what is the wood cypress?

[Lee Schierer]

I like it also Lee,looks like a fun one to make what is the wood cypress?

I wish it was, but its just common treated lumber.

[Jim Matthews]

I wish it was, but its just common treated lumber.

Nothing common about what you've done with it.
This sort of thing is precisely why many of us started making things.

How deep is the footing?
How is it anchored?

I like the clean line of a single post, but the mechanics are beyond me.

[Floyd Cox]

Very nice, That will be on my to do list when Fall gets closer, what issue of Wood was it in if you recall?

[Lee Schierer]

Nothing common about what you've done with it.
This sort of thing is precisely why many of us started making things.

How deep is the footing?
How is it anchored?

I like the clean line of a single post, but the mechanics are beyond me.

The posts are set into the soil in 42" deep holes to get below our frost line. The posts are 6 x 6 and set into 10" bored holes. I put 4" of pea gravel in the bottom then filled the holes with concrete. With two large adults on the swing swinging gently you don't feel any movement in the posts as they swing. This swing won't see the type of swinging a regular child swing would see. The soil is heavy clay with some shale, so it should hold fine.

[Jason Hanko]

Very nice, That will be on my to do list when Fall gets closer, what issue of Wood was it in if you recall?

It was the "Easy Swinging Arbor" from the July 2012 issue. http://www.woodstore.net/easwarwisw.html