Hanging Garden Bench
What you will need:
Tools | Material list |
GST 18 vli plus pls 300 guide | Pine (planed all round) (meranti is better, but im not sure you will get all the sizes) |
18 volt Cordless Drill driver | frame bottom and back. 114mm x 38mm – 614mm – 6 pieces |
PSR 10.8 | cross slats 114mm x 38mm x 800 mm – 3 pieces |
spray gun | arm rest uprights – 50 x 75mm x 500 mm – 4 pieces |
Pex 220 sander | seat slats 20mm x 70mm x 600mm – 14 pieces |
PSM 18 volt sander | Chain – (big enough to hold a bench as per the picture) 2 x 3mtr pieces |
Router | D or U shackle to attach chain to eye bolt – 6 pieces |
Eye bolts – needs to be same size as chain and d shackle must fit through – 4 pieces NB must fit through 38mm timber | |
washers and nuts to fit eye bolts x 4 of each | |
4 x 50mm screws | |
4 x 40mm screws | |
waterproof glue | |
Varnish (we can use clear and do a similar effect we did with the herb garden or we can get a dark wood colour from cedar) | |
Rope – Nylon ski rope to hang bench in tree. | |
Steps For building a Hanging Garden Chair.
- Start with the frame underneath
- Attach back frame to bottom frame
- Fit arm rest uprights
- Rout cross slats
- Fit cross slats to seat and back
- Attach arm rests
- Sand and varnish
- Drill holes for eye bolts and attach with washers
- Fit D/U shackles and chain
- Attach to ceiling
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