Chain swing installed into tree limb

A while back I installed a standard hanging chain swing from a nice big limb in the oak tree in my front yard. I found these nice heavy duty swiveling swing hangers at WalMart. They just screw right into the tree limb or into a wooden swing set.

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My problem became how do I close the loop on this swing hanger after I have inserted the chain from the swing? I suppose I could just keep the loop open, but that would risk kids flying off and hurting themselves while swinging.  Probably not too likely, but still a risk.  The solution was sitting on my drill press in my shop. It’s my handy dandy portable drill press vice.

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To get leverage and close the small portable vice onto the hanger’s loop, I used a piece of pipe.

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Perfect!

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