Joshua's Swing

Rosemary picked up a small child's swing on the weekend for $2 at a garage sale. Good deal, but we needed a few bits of hardware to put it together.

While at Home Depot to pick up the paint for the shed I searched through the hardware aisle to come up with the different bits to hang the swing from one of the deck rafters.

First, into the rafter go two 3/8" zinc plated closed loop bolts, each rated for 250lbs (non-moving) load. To attach the swingset chain I used a couple of turnbuckles, also zinc-plated and rated for 250lbs. I used the turnbuckles and closed loop as I was concerned about the chain slipping off a hook.

The two big hooks on the swing clip into the bottom of the chain and the swing is ready to go. Joshua loves his new swing and the extra chain means he gets a few moments of zero-g at the top of the arc :) (check out his cool transparent hand!)