Free Plan: Freestanding Lawn Swing
No posts. No concrete. Moves anywhere on the lawn.
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- PDF plan
- Material & cut list
- Step-by-step instructions
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- Over 12,000 shed and outbuilding designs, from a 6x8 garden shed to a workshop with a loft. Every one comes with dimensions, a complete materials and cutting list, and step-by-step assembly drawings.
- What to print first: the size closest to what would actually go in your yard. Total the materials list and you know what the build costs before a single hole is dug.
- Sold through ClickBank, with a 60-day refund window stated on the vendor's page. Open it, look at the framing details on three designs, and decide on those.
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This swing doesn't need posts in the ground. It stands on its own A-frame, moves anywhere on the lawn, and — if you want — hangs from a porch ceiling in winter with a pair of hooks. The original design is from 1909. It still works.
I rebuilt it in pine with adjustable chain lengths and an outdoor oil finish. What surprised me is that it is really two builds: a mortised seat frame with bolted slats, and a 130-inch stand that has to carry a swinging load.
Project at a Glance
- Difficulty
- Advanced (mortise-and-tenon seat frame, plus a freestanding stand and rated rigging)
- Main materials
- Pine or oak, chain or rope, outdoor finish
- Build time
- 4-6 shop days, plus finish and rigging
- Tools needed
- Saws, mortiser or router, chisels, drill, clamps, wrenches, rigging tools
- Seats
- 2 adults comfortably
From the shop:
Treat it as two builds and it stops being intimidating. The seat, then the stand, then the rigging. And buy the rope, eye bolts and clevises rated for the load instead of using whatever is in the drawer — it is the one part of this project with a person sitting underneath it.
A build this size eats most of a week in the shop, and the day it goes up the yard starts making suggestions. A pergola. A garden shed. A covered porch. The next step is having the plans on hand, so the one after this is a decision instead of a search.
That's where MyShedPlans comes in.
What one of the plans looks like
One design, worked out before the first hole
Every design comes with the same set of pieces: views from all angles, a complete materials and cutting list, and step-by-step assembly drawings. That is the layer this swing plan gave you, across sheds, garages, gazebos and garden buildings.
You pick the size that fits what is going inside, print the materials list, and price the build at the lumber yard before anything is framed. The library covers sheds, garages, gazebos and garden buildings, from a small storage shed up to a workshop.
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Also worth a look: the indoor half
Ted's Woodworking is a library of 16,000 plans — furniture, shop jigs, cabinets and small projects, each with a cut list, measurements and step-by-step instructions. It covers the builds that happen inside the shop rather than out in the yard.
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