Dog Swing

by JarnoW1 in Outside > Backyard

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Dog Swing

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In this insturctable I am gone explain to you how to build a dog swing in 4 steps
( special tanks to my dad , he made this swing)

Supplies

Materials are
7x 75 cm of 50mm pvc tube (total of 5.25m of tube) take 2 short pieces to connect the bends to the y pieces this is not included in the total length
6 90°bends
2 y pieces
6 eye screws
2 chains of 140cm in length
And a board of 70 x 42 cm
Tools
A hack/pvc saw
Pvc glue
A wood saw if the board is not the right size
Plaiers in case you need to open the eye screws

Sizes

Take al your parts and cut everything to size
Pvc pipe to 75 cm
Chain to 140cm
And the board to 70 x 42 cm and sand over the sharp corners

The Frame

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Take 4 of your bends and 4 of your pipes and make 2 U shapes (see picture 1).
Now connect the y parts to your U shapes (see picture 2) you should now have a triangle structure .
Now connect 2 remaining bends to your remaining pipe(see picture 3) and with 2 short pieces connect in as is in picture 2 .
Now take a dril an dril 2 holes around 3 cm form the bends as shown in picture 3 an screw in 2 of your 6 eyes
The frame is now done.

The Swing

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Take your board a dril 4 holes in the corners.
And screw in the eyes. Like picture 4
Now connect the ends of the chain to eyes along the short side of the board do the same thing on the other side .
Now you only have to hang your swing so it's level with the ground
Now it's done you can customize it how even you like.