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Blinky
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So I finally got the first one hung. I was by myself and only had an hour so it's gonna need some adjusting. This is the first of two swings I was commissioned to make and hang for a customer. They were initially conceived as simple single line disc swings and evolved from there. Including the crown cleaning that goes with them, they ended up averaging about $525 each... the customer didn't bat an eye. My materials cost is about $300 total for both.
Here's the big picture of the setup, it's tall so it has huge potential range. That made the placement tricky, I went with a smaller limb than I wanted but it's still 5", strong and healthy. I had some Cobra left over from a cabling job so I cabled the swing limb to a much larger crotch above it. There is some slack in the cable to allow the limbs to still move independently. Not ideal but I'm winging this... there isn't much research on tree swing design out there.
First thing I noticed was it twisted really easy... which could be fun but that wasn't the general idea of a seat swing so I'm going to spread the limb attachment points apart by about a foot. Here's a closer look at the attachment and cable...
After a lot of looking the customer chose Tachyon for the line. They didn't want 3 strand and Tachyon was cheaper than your typical yacht line and I never offered solid braid as a choice... cuz I hate solid braid and I can't splice it. Closeups of the seat and stainless round ring attachments...
They wanted high end swings for their two college grad kids. I was happy to oblige, it's fun to do something esoteric every now and then as long as the pay is good.
The second swing is made up but it will hang from a transom style bridge between two trees and I haven't put it up yet. I'll followup with more pics when i do.
Here's the big picture of the setup, it's tall so it has huge potential range. That made the placement tricky, I went with a smaller limb than I wanted but it's still 5", strong and healthy. I had some Cobra left over from a cabling job so I cabled the swing limb to a much larger crotch above it. There is some slack in the cable to allow the limbs to still move independently. Not ideal but I'm winging this... there isn't much research on tree swing design out there.
First thing I noticed was it twisted really easy... which could be fun but that wasn't the general idea of a seat swing so I'm going to spread the limb attachment points apart by about a foot. Here's a closer look at the attachment and cable...
After a lot of looking the customer chose Tachyon for the line. They didn't want 3 strand and Tachyon was cheaper than your typical yacht line and I never offered solid braid as a choice... cuz I hate solid braid and I can't splice it. Closeups of the seat and stainless round ring attachments...
They wanted high end swings for their two college grad kids. I was happy to oblige, it's fun to do something esoteric every now and then as long as the pay is good.
The second swing is made up but it will hang from a transom style bridge between two trees and I haven't put it up yet. I'll followup with more pics when i do.
