Wood Frame for Porch Swing Set with Free Plans

Wood Frame for Porch Swing Set with Free Plans - I have been building and selling this particular style bench for about 4 years now and you can build one too. You can build some to make money or simply build a couple for your own yard. It features a comfortable 15 degree back and 15 degree legs. In the link below you will find a full tutorial as well as a free set of plans. To build this bench you will need eight 8' 2x4s, about a pound of 2-1/2" outdoor screws, and some 2-1/2" outdoor pocket hole screws if you want to secure the slats from below. To start cut all of your pieces according to the cutting diagram. You can use any type of saw for this. A jigsaw, circular saw, hand saw, or in my case a miter saw. Before you begin assembly arrange all of your pieces so that the good side is down. Next use the pocket hole schedule to drill all of your pocket holes. This is how we will attach the seat and back slats to give a nice clean look. If you do not have a pocket hole jig you can simply attach the slats from above with regular outdoor screws.

When putting your leg assemblies together you will form a parallelogram where the pieces intersect. It is important to put the two screws along the long diagonal of this parallelogram and not the short diagonal. This will do a better job at preventing movement. Wooden porch swing with metal frame Use glue and two screws at each intersection. To make assembly easier I designed this so that you can use a scrap piece of 2x4 to space the horizontal members apart. The back support is attached to both horizontal pieces of the leg assemblies. It intersects the top back corner and is flush with the bottom of the lower horizontal member. Again, use glue and two screws along the long diagonal of each intersecting parallelogram. You also need to make sure that the angle of both back supports is the same. To do so secure the second back support with just one screw. Place both assemblies together on the ground and make any adjustments needed. Then finish securing the second back support.

Use the 40" board to connect both leg assemblies at the base of the back supports. wood porch swing with frame If you used pocket holes make sure that you attach it with the pocket holes in the back. If not you can simply screw from the front of it into each of the back supports. Attach the back seat slat first using glue and screws. If you used pocket holes you will probably need an extension for your drill for this first seat slat only. If you did not use pocket holes you can simply screw from the top with two outdoor screws on each side. The spacing in between slats is 1/4". You can use a 1/4" drill bit or a standard wood pencil. I always space the first back slat slightly more than 1/4" above the seat slats. For this I use a regular Sharpee marker which is about 1/2". To me it just looks a little bit better. Again use glue and screws with regular 1/4" spacing for the rest of the back slats. So that's it. An easy bench design that is pretty strong and pretty comfortable. I hope you can make one or two and possibly make a few extra dollars by selling some. Don't forget to check out my website for a free set of plans as well as some other free how to projects. And if you like this type of project please subscribe to my YouTube channel. You can also follow me on most of the social networks and the links to those are in the description below. Thanks for watching. And Good Luck!