| Project by mreza | posted 357 days ago | 719 views | 2 times favorited | 19 comments |  |
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Hi folks,
Here is our bed I built last year, after being on my to do list for a long time.
This is a queen size bed made out of Walnut with Maple inlays.
It was the most challenging project I have ever done since I started woodworking in 2005.
The general design I had in mind was to make a bed with fluted posts that would catch the eye at first sight.
Then I added several other ingredients to the design, such as the finials as well as the inlays and the curved cap and molding on the tops of the footboard and headboard. The posts were not as challenging as I thought, even though I am fairly new into turning.
Most of the time of building the posts was spent on building the jigs for the flutes and reeds.
The most time consuming part overall was building the curved cap on the tops and the
curved molding below them. All of them are done by bent lamination and then routed on the router table.
Almost all the pieces are attached using traditional mortise and tenon or floating tenon.
Everything with the woodworking part went pretty well and I am quite happy with that.
The finish is boiled linseed oil, followed by two coats of Shellac, and then brushed on water-based poly.
The posts are made out of lamination of two 8/4 boards and the finished size is about 3+3/4”.
The inlays are 1/4” wide out of Maple. The measurements are 88.5”x65.5” which houses a platform of size 80”x60” for the mattress.
The headboard posts are 60” high and the foot board posts are 40”.
It took about 4 months.
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19 comments so far
bentlyj
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posted 357 days ago
Excellent work! You have great skills for only working just a short time.
Rxmpo
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posted 357 days ago
You have created something wonderful. The walnut is just spectacular. Excellent job!
Dennis Zongker
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posted 357 days ago
Great Job!!! Beautiful Design. Also I really like the contrast of woods. Thanks for posting.
-- Dennis Zongker
savannah505
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posted 357 days ago
Excellent work, and you have a great deal of talent for having done this for so short a time. Way to go!!!!!!!!
-- Dan Wiggins
GaryK
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posted 357 days ago
That’s one great looking headboard!
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
Huckleberry
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posted 356 days ago
Wow. Awesome stuff! Really nice job and You can’t really tell that you are relatively new to woodworking.
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rikkor
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posted 356 days ago
Man alive, that is really a fine bed. It’s gorgeous.
Scott Bryan
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posted 356 days ago
This is a beautiful bed. Nice choice of woods as well. The details that you put into this bed make it a unique piece.
Well done!!!
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Tony
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posted 356 days ago
Very nicely executed project. The only critic is: The maple in the photograph seems to be too dominant (too white), I am sure it will mellow a little with time, You might have considered using 1/8” inlays, it might have been a little more refined and less dominant.
Still an excellent piece of craftsmanship
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Alan Young
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posted 356 days ago
Love it. Love it. Love it.
Sorry I don’t have more to say :^)
Alan
dennis mitchell
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posted 356 days ago
nice detailing!
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SCOTSMAN
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posted 356 days ago
nice work! as good as it gets well done looks magnificent.I also commend you and your work for such a newcomer.Alistair
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HallTree
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posted 356 days ago
Very well done. Nice work. I also like your thickness sander and looks like you put the scrap walnut, and other woods, to good use on the cutting boards.
-- Ron in Osseo, Minnesota
Layton
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posted 356 days ago
Sweet Bed,very nice
bkhop
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posted 356 days ago
Very nice work!
Is this from a pattern or original work? (I’m asking because my next project is going to be quite similar… just in cherry.)
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mreza
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posted 356 days ago
Thanks everybody.
The design is my own. But don’t have any plan if you ask, just some rough sketch on paper.
Schwieb
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posted 355 days ago
Exquisite! Congratulations on a fine heirloom
-- Dr. Ken, Florida
lightweightladyleftie
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posted 355 days ago
The bed is beautiful. Are you making a highboy to match?
It’s hard to believe you’ve only been woodworking for a few years; (some of you are just a whole lot more talented than others of us).
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JOAT
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posted 256 days ago
very nice – like the detail