Having had an enormous garden de-foliaging exercise, we have 2 trees that
are rather fun for kids - trunks split off into various directions including
horizontal-ish - great for climbing. Also great for hanging a swing off
either.

I also have some very smooth barked 3" trunk from a 10 year old ash - and it
occurs to me that 2-3 logs cut from this could make a most excellent (and
rustic) swing seat (or two - one for each sprog).

I'd considered just bolting through 2-3 logs mounted in parallel, but for
extra "rusticisim", rope lashing could be a fun idea.

Had a look and I've come across shear lashing, round lashing and (for 3
logs) tripod lashing (done at both ends obviously).

Which one would be a good method of holding the logs like this (end on):

OOO

The actual swing rope would be attached via 4 holes in the corner of the
seat like this:

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OOO

I'd probably use natural rope for its better friction characteristics (knots
not sliding undone).

Cheers

Tim

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Tim Watts

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