This is the clock I made for Shane & Melissa for their wedding, along with the fabric carrying case Katra made. The design is my own, with Mission Style features. The movement is automatically synchronized to an atomic clock via a radio receiver built into the clock. The wood, cherry with black walnut accents, is from my Dad’s supply.
At least, the structure itself is complete. We still have to finish the edging and add mulch.
The rock wall, assembled on the garage floor
The rock wall, with rocks attached
The swing arm, with hardware attached
Kyle, showing off his climbing skills
Land Ho!
Wheeeeeee!
A wide view of the playground. The swings are all that remains to assemble.
The three boys having fun on the swings
The completed playground
After I installed the ladder, Kyle climbs up into the playset for the first time
Daddy! The slide is missing!
Uh-oh...
Tuesday evening I installed two of the roof panels. They were still waiting to be raised in this photo
Wednesday evening, after finishing the two roofs and installing the fence panels and climbing handles. All that is left is the rock wall, slide, and swings.
This weekend we began assembly of the playground. We started by sorting all the parts.
The four boxes of wooden parts, sorted and labeled by part number
The hardware, sorted and bagged up by assembly step number. There are 38 steps in the assembly process, and we have a separate hardware bag for every 1 or 2 steps.
Assembly started with the main structure, which includes six vertical posts and a number of connecting planks
Steps 1-5 completed. Only 33 more to go!
Hard at work
At the end of the day, 7 steps completed.
Kyle is so excited about his new play set. He kept coming over during the day to see what we were doing, and near the end we couldn’t stop him from climbing around on it.