Double swing for giving

Adults may perceive their own suburban area in different ways, but for their children, a summer cottage is an exclusive place to relax. There is unusual, beautiful and interesting, you can walk a lot on the street, but if there’s nothing to do, the kids will quickly get bored with being here, and they will start to be naughty and want to go home. To distract them and take something interesting, it is necessary to equip the territory - the best for this purpose suitable street children double swing for giving.

Although each of the readers at the mere mention of the name probably already imagined the appearance of this design, in fact, it is not at all possible that this was presented differently. Although such an attraction is very simple, there are quite a few approaches to its creation, and each of them is not without its own advantages. Perhaps each of the options should be considered in more detail.

This design looks the same as one single design, just here two independent seats are attached to the crossbar. The design consists of a frame, vaguely reminiscent of a football goal (although it is better to specially reinforce the “bars” with an A-frame), and the crossbar resting on them. The entire product can be made by hand, or be purchased, or combined from purchased and home-made parts.

Seats can be as a whole with the suspension, and it can be easily removed from it for maintenance or replacement. In general, single swings are good because provide the ability to skate simultaneously with different parameters - for example, the older one wants to roll harder, and the younger one - safety is more important.

If we talk about the frame, here it is completely analogous to the previous version, with the only difference that the place for both babies swings at the same time. This problem can be solved in two ways - either by completing the seat in the form of a wider bench, on which the two will fit, sitting side by side, or by placing single seats opposite each other, connecting them with a common area for the legs.

Although such swings are much harder, with a certain strength, even one child can successfully ride them; At the same time, they perfectly teach teamwork in order to achieve a common goal.

This type of construction is the simplest, requires the least amount of materials, but it is designed only for children of relatively small age, and even then - provided that they weigh approximately equally. Such a balance bar looks like a small central support in the form of a pin, on which a long board is mounted in its middle.

The seats are located on opposite edges of the board - alternately pushing off the ground, the children soar upwards, lowering their partner. On this version of the design absolutely can not ride alone, but on the other hand, it maximally contributes to the development of mutual support skills.

Selection of materials for the swing is carried out on the basis of parameters such as cost, their durability, ability to withstand the planned loads, as well as appearance aesthetics. In general, there are four groups of different materials:

• Wood. With proper processing, the tree can easily withstand continuous operation in the street for several years, and also leads in the category of attractiveness that has already become classic.An additional plus of a swing made of wood is that you can not buy this material, but use old boards or logs that exist in almost any private sector; in some cases, the material can even be specially prepared independently. Another thing is that it is still better not to make a construction from one tree only, at least in some places strengthening the joints with metal.

• Metal. Like wood, metal does not withstand street conditions very well, but humanity has invented a sufficient amount of varnishes and paints to protect metal products from destruction. It is right to call the metal swing the most durable and durable option, so the choice in favor of this material should be made in the case when the swing is selected with a margin, for many years to come. Another thing is that in such a situation it is necessary to especially carefully calculate the maximum load, since children grow up, swing more and more strongly, and in a couple of years the load on the fasteners can grow several times.

• Plastic. This material for making a swing can be safely called the rarest - rides are made of it infrequently due to the fact that even the best samples are inferior in strength to the two previous versions. Plastic swings are unlikely to be made at home - you can only buy them, and although they cost not so expensive, this option is enough, at best, for several years. At the same time, there is still one factor that makes consumers sometimes turn their gaze in this direction, because plastic models are distinguished by the most striking appearance.

• Handy materials. In fact, in the dacha conditions, such a phenomenon as the hand-made design of children's amusements is quite common. To achieve this goal, it may turn out to be useful items for which applications, it seemed, will no longer be found, and if they have to buy something, then only in insignificant quantities and at minimal cost. The swing of wood can be completely constructed do it yourself, but often the owners try not to replace the labor of factory-made machines on their own, but to make the most of what is already done.

In particular, homemade suspended Swings often do not have any support, made by human hands - as such a strong tree is used with a thick reliable branch, located rather low with a rather horizontal position.

As a suspension, you can use both an ordinary thick rope and more durable metal chains - depending on the type of seat, as well as what is already available. As for the seat itself, then you can use a solid board suitable for its size (with a special preliminary creation of reliable suspension slots), as well as old skate, car tires, and much more.

Some parents prefer to get factory seats for homemade swings, to protect children while riding or just to make the process more convenient and comfortable - This is also an acceptable option, but you should consider in advance whether the prefabricated structure will turn out to be sufficiently stable and reliable.

When installing rides an important role is played by the financial side of the issue. Of course, it will cost less, of course, to assemble oneself from scrap materials - this is how you can not spend money at all if you already have all the components, or buy the same ropes or chains for several hundred rubles.

As for the finished structures, then everything depends on the material and size, but it is worth being guided by the sum of several thousand rubles, which is close to five-digit values. Keep in mind that for factory products the price also depends on the brand: the more famous - the more expensive.

How to make a swing out of wood with your own hands, see below.