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by John Po/hemus (aka "The Little Engineer")

SUPPLIES

Wood: mahogany (or wood of choice)—one piece 1 /4" x 5" x 5" (for tree swing design), one piece 1 /4" x 2' x 7" (for base)

Tools: scroll saw and No. 3 blades; drill press with No. 60

and 1/16" drill bits; awl or nail Temporary-bond spray adhesive Cyanoacrylate (CA) glue Sandpaper, assorted grits

Introduction

I grew up in a rural area where large families were the norm. Being one of nine children, of which I was number three, had its benefits. One was that there was always someone to play with, whether they liked it or not. Despite

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the broken bones and teeth, cuts, and contusions, we had a lot of fun. I can't remember ever being bored as a kid.

We had the perfeef climbing tree in the woods behind our house. Our parents called if the "Monkey Tree." We thought it was just a funny name they geve it because we where always playing in it. Really, it was because they knew they'd find their little monkeys there when it was time to call them in to be fed and locked up for the night.

This pattern isn't representative of my siblings and me because the children in this scene are normal! It's a friendly setting with a nice, safe swing. Anybody caughl under our tree would have been ducking falling objects, like the time one of the swing ropes broke just as my sister got the swing going full tilt. (I still soy it was just a coincidence that one of my brothers was up in the tree with a hatchet at the time.) Looking back on our childhood. I don't know what amazes mo more: that my siblings and I survived it or that our parents did!