a wooden swingset

[Joe]

I would not do it again - see if you can get just a regular old swing set - those things are biotch to put up

[Mr. Sandman]

I would do it. They are a PIA to put up by yourself but the kids love it. One of mine just about moved into that little house (ours had doors and a little covered deck area)...he asked if he could put a TV and bring electric power to it .... (I said no). He had little tables and chairs and stuff, walkie-talkies.. hours and hours of fun. If we wanted him to come in we had to hail him on the radio! BTW, you can sell it for a grand easy if you when the kids outgrow them if you wanted to. When you see the showroom of these you get sticker shock. We gave ours away and the folks that took it were very grateful.
There is a place on the RI/MA border near Alperts off 195 that sells a load of these things all sizes and shapes. I can't recall the name of the place but that is where we got our contraption. You can customize it the way you want. I think they will even assemble it for you to. They have some serious sets there, if you take your kid they will pick out a 10K contraption...my advice, go alone!

[fishsmith]

This project defines the 'mythical man month' expecially when two saw horses and a skill saw are my tools.

plus being a moron and having to make an extra trip to home depot didn't help.

I've only got the cuts done, so Saturday morning will be build day.

To top it off, I was talking about this project on wednesday at work and they guy who sits a few cubes over says " I wish I knew you were doing this, you could of taken mine apart"

Oh well, my respect for carpenters has again been renewed.

[fishsmith]

20 hours later (3 days) mission accomplished.