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Well I wanted something for the Gorilla glue contest. I just didn’t know what to make. This morning I came up with a swinging bench for my front porch. My wife has always wanted one. So I went to the lumber yard and got some 2X4s and some ceder. It took me all day to cut and glue (I had no idea how fun Gorilla glue is. It foams every place you don’t want it to.) I used screws as well. I also used chain to hang it from. So lets take a look at how I did it.









This was alot of fun to make.
-- Davesfunwoodworking































9 comments so far
thetimberkid
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posted 433 days ago
Great job!
Thanks for the post
Callum
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Karson
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posted 433 days ago
Great looking bench. Nice job.
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Napaman
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posted 433 days ago
great job…and all in a day!!! how did you attach the chains on the bottom…I can see how they go through the holes…but on the bottom/underneath did you put a solid block??? and how did you attach…
and great design!! did you follow a plan, photo, or all your imagination??? i want to build one and i like this design…
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DAN
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posted 433 days ago
gorilla glue is all I use … >grin < Swing looks sturdy and well balanced
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Davesfunwoodworking
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Matt, the chain goes under the bench and there is a block of wood that is glued and screwed to the bottom of the arm rest. As for the bench my wife found one on line that she liked and she found free planes. I couldn’t print them out. My printer is out of ink. So I looked at it and went out and started. The planes don’t tell you much so I just did it off the pictures. I changed the back rest to what my wife wanted. The round back was all her. It took all day to build I think it would have gone faster if I didnt glue everything. However I used gorilla glue for the contest and found that to be more of a challenge then the challenge its self. Only due to it foaming up every place I didnt want it to be. This was a fun challenge.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 433 days ago
and in one day.. sheesh!! Awesome job
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SteveKorz
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posted 432 days ago
Nice job… great entry!
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PaBull
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posted 432 days ago
Very nice, if I were to vote Challenge06, you would be it.
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Michael Brailsford
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Very nice work.
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