Well, one coat down and 2 to go.  The swing is going to be delivered to Alabama in a couple of weeks and I wanted to let the finish dry well.  I shot it with lacquer and even though I'm a kid of the 60's the fumes got a bit stiff even with an organic mask. 

 

Now that is one helluva a nice bench Ron!!! Great job man. Looks comfy too.

Oh wait, I just saw the part where you said you were a kid of the 60's! I always thought you were a little quirky, so what happened? Too much flower dust?

Wow! Very very nice Ron. Is the swing going to live inside or outside.?

Wow, now that is going to look good just outside my shop.

 

I am in Alabama....

Mr Morris, I never did that stuff in the 60's and I'll not do it again. 

 

Mr. Moody, you'll get to see it and maybe I'll let you touch it but it has a home in Birmingham.  I will make you one.....for a price.

 

Rich, it is kinda going outside.  It will hang under a 20 X 20 screened in porch.  I have one one my shop porch and I "sparred" it but I wanted to try lacquer on this one just for grins and giggles.

Hey Rich, you have concerns whether the lacquer can hold up? 

Very nice swing Ron.

Thank you John.  This is the third one I've done and they're pretty labor intensive.  There are 44 of those slats that all have to be zipped through the planer and then I run the edges across my router table to take the edge off them.  The hardest part of the whole project is the finish because its hard to cover the slats that curl over the top and front.

I could rock momma, rock the grandkids and even rock myself to sleep in that swing...........it looks sooooo comfy.

But first I'd have to get a momma and my grandkids are about to old to sit with grampa anymore............that just leaves it all to me.

Very nice job Ron

I've spent many hours kicked back in mine reading.

Gary Heltemes said:

I could rock momma, rock the grandkids and even rock myself to sleep in that swing...........it looks sooooo comfy.

But first I'd have to get a momma and my grandkids are about to old to sit with grampa anymore............that just leaves it all to me.

Very nice job Ron

 Very nice. Beautiful job. I'm sure they will love it......I do.

 It reminded me of my first and only swing project. I bought the plans in Amish country and the drawing on the front looked great. I soon discovered that it was to be 8' wide and made of 3/4" Oak. Would have been massive and weighted a ton. I revised the plans to my own size and built it. Then discovered the chain hooking points were not properly placed and the swing could tip. Fixed that only to discover that the design wasn't strong enough and needed reinforced. I sure learned a big lesson with that project. LOOK CAREFULLY AT WHAT YOU BUY.

Well. the swing made of Indiana oak is now in its new home.  Alabama.  It took about as long to hang it as it did to make it.

That looks too good there, but I think it would have looked really good just a little North and West of where it is hanging.

 

It looks good in the picture, but it really looked good in person. I should have slipped out of the restaurant while you were in there and moved it to my vehicle.

That would be the car with Auburn vanity plates, right?  Hee Hee.

yea, but next time I will be in my truck. Plenty of room.

You know, you could have stapped it to the roof like a dead deer.  Your son wouldn't have noticed.

You don't know how true that is. He would have been excited thinking I got one.

Ron Dudelston said:

You know, you could have stapped it to the roof like a dead deer.  Your son wouldn't have noticed.