Mission Bed - Biggest project to date

Looking good so far, thanks for posting.

-- Grant...."GO BUCKEYES"

what type of joints did you use for the slats ?? thanks

That is a nice looking bed. Do you have pictures of the finished project?

I really enjoy arts and craft style furniture but I am sure the novelty of making all these mortises wore off after awhile. :)

Nice job.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Jaxx – It’s all mortise and tenon – Not what the plans called for but what I wanted to do. Some of the slats (3/4” by 3/4”) were not tenoned on the ends. Just slid in a 3/4” mortise but after a couple boards of this I noticed you could see some of the gaps left from my poor mortising (first time I’ve mortised) After that I cut a tenon on the end of each slat (I call them spindles) so the shoulder of the tenon would hide any loose mortising. The piece is held together by the joinery of the frame so I could accept loose joints on the spindles as long as they didn’t rattle or move once glued.

Scott, I do have finished pics at home that I will add later this evening – I’m at work now – shhh – don’t tell anyone.

Thanks for the comments guys – I’m really proud of it even though I know it could be done much better – and it will be the next time – the next one is for me!!!!!!!

well done loks greaqt like this very much but i HAVE A COMPLAINT TO MAKE JUST ONE PHOTO c’mon let us see more of this lovely piece.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Very nicely done! You did a beautiful job on this piece. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa