Seesaw (Teeter-Totter) - Playground equipment plan


Before you start the assemble and manufacture, please read the content of the following links carefully.

http://www.ihs.gov


http://www.cpsc.gov
 
They are dealing with child safety on playgrounds, also the ways how to build a safe playground construction. If you have very small child, and you are taking it on this kind of playgrounds, watch carefully your child, so you could prevent any kind of injury or falling.

The seesaw or teeter totter is one of the frequent outdoor toys, and the children are always eager to play with it, because is simply fun. Also, this toy is remarkably good for the physical development of  a child and its movement coordination, so it would be a real shame to deprive the child this kind of game, just out of fear of eventually injury, which can be prevented by focusing on your child while playing. You can also put somekind of soft material underneath the seesaw seats, like sand or wooden chips. Another thing about the seesaw is that  one child alone can not play on it, it has to invite a playmates, and this way it  child meets other children and develops social habits. And parents who are bringing their children here can also bond with other parents and become friends.
Carefully make the parts of the Horizontal ladder by the measurements given on particular pictures. The measurements are given in millimeters, while the measurements given in inches are in brackets (1 inch = 25, 4 mm).

Seesaw (Teeter-Totter) playground equipment plan - Subassembly list
Seesaw (teeter-totter) playground equipment plan - Subassembly list

Seesaw (Teeter-Totter) playground equipment plan - 2D assembly drawing
Seesaw (teeter-totter) playground equipment plan - 2D assembly drawing


Adjust the height of the Frame subassembly and length of the subassembly Rocket Arm to suit your child. Needed dimensions can be calculated easily by following the next picture.

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