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Garden swings are fun, but could also be of practical assistance.
The frame of the clothes drying swing has a t-bar frame, with a large cylindrical upright standing 2m tall and a 3 metre long cross bar.
The upright is racheted so that it rotates in one direction only.
The normal chained
swing is hung from one end of the t-bar cross member and your clothes are neatly pegged along the other side of this bar.
As the user swings forward, the swing starts to rotate about the cylindrical upright - the rachet is in place to ensure that the backswing doesn't create a reverse rotation.
The harder the swinger, the dryer the clothes. There, bet you weren't expecting that signoff.
Due credit to [skinflaps] who got me thinking...
http://www.halfbake...ing_20pivot_20swing
[jonthegeologist, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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Ha ! this would be great for aerial visibility of semaphore. |
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Wouldn't the effort of having to turn the dryer take a lot of the pleasure out of the effortless gliding of the swing? |
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just keep the upright well oiled and you'll sail round with minumum of effort. Peg your clothes properly and you may even be wind assisted. |
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