I should have started taking pictures earlier in the process of building this bed. This is a king size mission style bed I am building for the wife and I. As you can see it is nearly complete. I sprayed the second of three coats of water based polyurethane today.
Tomorrow I will lightly sand everything and spray the final coat. I have not sprayed the top surface of the headboard and footboard top railing so I can glue them on without marring the finish. I will glue up the bed tomorrow and spray the top surface.
My wife has made a beautiful old style quitle to go with the bed. Once everything is assembled I’ll post more pictures of the bed, quilt and nightstands, (which I built about a year ago).
About a 100 or so spindles. What a pain to sand, stain and finish.
Most of the footboard and one of the side rails.
Most of the headboard, the bend in the leg is an optical effect, it’s perfectly straight
There’s some wild grain in this Quartersawn White Oak
More grain shots from the headboard
The grain from the footboard top rail
The grain from the footboard and headboard top rails, from the other end.
-- Owen Johnson - aka IowaWoodcrafter
9 comments so far
Karson
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posted 78 days ago
That is some great looking wood. Like like a great bed.
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Nils
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posted 78 days ago
Great wood and a classic design! How did you get the tiger stripes to pop so well?
-- Nils Davis, Menlo Park, CA
Tim Pursell
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posted 78 days ago
All those spindles ARE a pain, but OH so beautiful when the bed is done. Nice work, can’t wait to see it done.
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Scott Bryan
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posted 78 days ago
Owen,
This is looking really good so far. I am a fan of mission style furniture and agree that the spindles do make this a tedious build. Great job on the QSWO too by the way.
This is an interesting project. I will enjoy seeing the finished piece (as I am sure both you and your wife will be as well).
Thanks for the post.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
jjohn
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posted 78 days ago
Wow ! The wood really pops. Looks great. I know you’ll love the finish bed.
-- JJohn
ChicoWoodnut
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posted 78 days ago
Nice one! I really like QS White Oak. The ray flake is fantastic in tose peices.
-- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net
Brad_Nailor
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posted 78 days ago
Nice finish work. That is going to be a beautiful bed. Nice QS oak.
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ND2ELK
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posted 77 days ago
Great looking bed so far. I will be interseted in seeing the final product.
God bless
tom
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Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 77 days ago
I love the seeing the “production” in the shop! That is going to be a fantastic looking piece.
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