First, thanks for sharing your work. Great design! I love the simplicity and strength of the design. I am trying to copy this for my two grand daughters who have outgrown their 6 foot high swing set. I live in rural Nova Scotia and have an assortment of trees on my property to choose from. Roughly what diameter logs would you suggest for the design? (you must live in the foothills somewhere - looks pretty idealic - the background looks like you must have traveled a piece to acquire your logs😊).
We did have to snowmobile about a mile to get to the trees. I think the biggest log is about 8 inches (20 cm) in diameter. Thanks so much for watching!
When we made this the kids were little and light. The pressure treated wood setting on the ground worked fine. But now that the kids are bigger and can throw their weight into each swing, it might be a good idea to bury the legs a little bit.
@@BRAMANTEBROTHERS Thanks for hitting me back 👍 looking forward to seeing your content. Getting ready to make one for my kids. Good health to you and your family.
Yeah, it's like Red Green says: "any tool can be the right tool." And the girls are never too far away from the action. They love to help. It was torture for them just playing in the house while we built it. They knew we were building something, but we wouldn't give them any clues.
When you made the notch ,,does both poles have notches ,,,or one has a notch then the pole that goes in the notch doesnt have a notch ? That would make 4 notches made with chainsaw or just 2 notches ?
Our beam ended up being 13 ft. The A-frames start 6" in on both sides. There is about a 50" gap between swings. They used to be closer, but we spread them a bit to make room for a baby swing in the middle. Thanks for watching. Those hooks we ended up using, and left a link in the description, work great. No squeaking yet!
We live way off the road system out here and for the most part the kids are good at entertaining themselves, but the swing is something they definitely miss about living in town. A few logs and boom! Problem solved.
First, thanks for sharing your work. Great design! I love the simplicity and strength of the design. I am trying to copy this for my two grand daughters who have outgrown their 6 foot high swing set. I live in rural Nova Scotia and have an assortment of trees on my property to choose from. Roughly what diameter logs would you suggest for the design? (you must live in the foothills somewhere - looks pretty idealic - the background looks like you must have traveled a piece to acquire your logs😊).
We did have to snowmobile about a mile to get to the trees. I think the biggest log is about 8 inches (20 cm) in diameter. Thanks so much for watching!
You guys use that chainsaw like a knife. Great job.
Many many years of practice! Joe and his chainsaw is similar to Thor and his hammer.
Thanks a lot for the tutorial very helpful, will soon start mine. Is the base foot strong enough or should I bury mine in the soil ?
When we made this the kids were little and light. The pressure treated wood setting on the ground worked fine. But now that the kids are bigger and can throw their weight into each swing, it might be a good idea to bury the legs a little bit.
How wide apart are the swing mounts ?
We did 24" from inside to inside
Love it! Going out first thing to cut me some spruce poles! Nice job guys!
Did you get to your project yet? It's pretty simple. Hopefully you had fun with it.
Not yet. I did get some of the hardware. It’s about number 3 or 4 on my list.
Just built the swing set using cedar from our property. Fresh cut cedar easily peeled. The kids are thrilled.
Awesome!
Hello from Texas. I’m about to cut some cedar trees and attempt to make a swing frame such as you. Thank y’all for the great information.
So glad you found us 👍🏻
Hope your project is a success.
Awesome 👍 Great job and tips. New subscriber liked 👍 hello from Kentucky mountains USA 👍
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@@BRAMANTEBROTHERS Thanks for hitting me back 👍 looking forward to seeing your content. Getting ready to make one for my kids. Good health to you and your family.
Nice precision chainsaw work! I love that the girls got to "help"...
Yeah, it's like Red Green says: "any tool can be the right tool."
And the girls are never too far away from the action. They love to help. It was torture for them just playing in the house while we built it. They knew we were building something, but we wouldn't give them any clues.
When you made the notch ,,does both poles have notches ,,,or one has a notch then the pole that goes in the notch doesnt have a notch ?
That would make 4 notches made with chainsaw or just 2 notches ?
We definitely notched all 4 logs. I think you can see that best at 5:32. Thanks for watching!!
@@BRAMANTEBROTHERS thank you for the quick response 😀
Great work! How long is the top beam ? What is the spacing measurements between swings etc? Thanks in advance!
Our beam ended up being 13 ft. The A-frames start 6" in on both sides. There is about a 50" gap between swings. They used to be closer, but we spread them a bit to make room for a baby swing in the middle. Thanks for watching. Those hooks we ended up using, and left a link in the description, work great. No squeaking yet!
@@BRAMANTEBROTHERS thanks!
I tried a 15’ beam with cedar
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Consider this idea swiped! Greetings from northern Sweden!
You should send us a picture of it when you finish! bramantebrothers@gmail.com
Cheers!
@@BRAMANTEBROTHERS will do!
Awesome job guys!!! The swing looks like a lot of fun for the kids! 👍😎
We live way off the road system out here and for the most part the kids are good at entertaining themselves, but the swing is something they definitely miss about living in town. A few logs and boom! Problem solved.
Awesome, looks like fun for everyone!
Whenever we're in town the girls can just swing for hours! They love it. But I procrastinated with the project for far too long.
Great job building that! Loved it!
Thanks Melissa. Other than getting the logs back in April, and letting them dry after we peeled them the actual assembly only took like 2 hours.