| Project by Chris Davis | posted 305 days ago | 3440 views | 13 times favorited | 19 comments |  |
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Here in the south we love our Guns and we love our pine wood (state tree of Arkansas). So why not combine them both? This is a pine bed with a hidden drawer style compartment in the foot. The drawer rolls out to expose a gun rack to house a four shotguns. No more having to sleep with them under you pillow. Talk about a crick in you neck.
One of the best ways to protect your property is to hide it. Anybody could smash a wooden gun cabinet in seconds if there really wanted what was inside. I guess a gun safe would be better but not as fun.
The footboard and the drawer front is cut, in sequence, from the same board. Doing this made it look like it was a continuous panel with some trim added. Mismatched grain may have given it away. The drawer itself runs on 1 ½ “ casters. The drawer box is made from Russian Birch which is in 5’x5’ sheets. I made the drawer the full length, five foot, of the sheet. Inside the drawer were the gun supports, Sorry I did not get good pictures of them. Basically there were made from 2×4 material, with cutouts, to support 3-4 guns.
I’ve post pictures of the before, but with other items. I wanted to repost this by itself.
Here are some of the building pictures.
For more building pictures see my Current Projects link at wwbeds.com or poggyskids.com. See what we are doing live:
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19 comments so far
trifern
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posted 305 days ago
Great concept. Thanks for sharing.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 305 days ago
Great looking set and hiding place.
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woodworm
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posted 305 days ago
Beautiful set out of pine, I like pine. Great work!
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isetegija
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posted 305 days ago
Very nice furniture and well done.
Thanks for sharing with us.
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tennesseejed
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posted 305 days ago
Awesome idea and very well done. Mine are just laying under the bed. I might have to “borrow” this plan!
-- Jed, northern NY
Chris Davis
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posted 305 days ago
Tennesseejed, feel free to borow the idea. That is why I tied to put some detail in the explaination.
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BarryW
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posted 305 days ago
Now that you’ve shown everybody in the nation…well, I woodent worry about me…I’m too far away and honest…but it’s a great idea as long as there is a lock to keep kids out…that’s all I ever worry about.
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Chris Davis
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posted 305 days ago
The secret is out BerryW. Good point on the kids. Thanks for that.
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woodnut
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posted 305 days ago
great idea and I too will add this to may favorites for a future project. good job
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titmas
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posted 305 days ago
not only is it a great idea but you built a very nice looking headboard too. the foot board with the wrought iron scrolls looks alot like a cat with his tongue sticking out. nice job.
Chris Davis
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posted 304 days ago
titmas, I never noticed that before. I’ll have to rename it The Cat Bed or Sylvester. Thanks for the comments
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SteveKorz
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posted 304 days ago
That bed is right up my alley… great job in the design!
(and yeah, now that you point it out, it kinda does look like a big tongue!.. LOL)
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closetguy
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posted 304 days ago
That is too cool!
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dustygirl
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Congratulations on your win.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 287 days ago
Congrats on your Awards Honour!!
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GaryK
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posted 287 days ago
Congratulations!
Sorry I have not commented until now, but that is one very nice project.
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mjdinsmore
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posted 287 days ago
Is there a way to lock the gun drawer so kids and other inappropriate people can’t get into it easily?
Chris Davis
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posted 286 days ago
Thanks everyone.
mjdinsmore, It should be easy to add a cabinet lock toward the top. It wouldn’t stop someone that is determined to get in. It might even make it more visible. I may just suggest to store them unloaded. lock the shells in a lock box.
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mjdinsmore
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posted 247 days ago
Yeah, its tough to make something COMPLETELY lock-proof! Something fairly decent will ensure any playing children aren’t getting into more than they should though. :-)