[Shop-talk] kid playsets

[Eric J Russell]

I bought a set of plans from this site: http://www.jacksbackyard.com/ 
for a swingset for our grandson.
It was less than $20 for the plans. I'm sure I could have made the 
swing set without buying the plans but it was helpful to have some of 
the details figured out plus a complete hardware/lumber list made 
shopping a bit quicker (and avoided having to stop in the middle of 
construction to run out to get a forgotten bolt, etc)

Bought the swings & slide at Lowes. There were some on-line retailers 
a bit cheaper for the slide but with shipping tacked on it wasn't a 
lot less.

I don't recall the total cost. IIRC, the budget was less than $500. Of 
course Grampy's labor was free...

Eric Russell
Mebane, NC
http://home.mebtel.net/~ejrussell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Andy" <mark at sccaprepared.com>
To: <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 1:02 AM
Subject: [Shop-talk] kid playsets


> Howdy,
>
> My wife is bugging me to do a playset for our son.  Apparently the 
> park
> with all their equipment isn't enough.
>
> Anyway, leaving aside that, anyone have any pointers on the kid 
> playset
> front?  Sources for inexpensive slides / swing seats / whatever?
>
> One place I see online has a kit for $640 that includes a couple 
> slides,
> seats / other swing hardware, and plans.  You supply the lumber.  Am 
> I
> going to beat that by much?
>
> Less work by me is better, but I also don't want to be spending $3k 
> on a
> playset.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark