Birch Bed & Mirror

Nice job with the color! I see a warm, cherry-like look without the usual birch blotch.

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Hey thanks! It took me a while to get the color right, I really like the Zar stains. They have a very high solids content and take some time to dry. I then coated it with about 5 coats of amber shellac that really gives it that orange/brown color.

-- Joe Truehart, www.craftsmanswoodshop.com

beautiful bed! i second the nice finish, amazing how you got the birch to turn out so even. and nice eye for detail on a calm and peaceful reflection in the mirror.

~isaac

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Nicely done! What kind of hardware did you go with to attach the side rails to head/foot board?

-- Brian http://www.garagewoodworks.com

Great looking bed and mirror! The tones look terrific!

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

Actually I just used some bed rail hardware that I got at the local Woodcraft store. It’s nothing too fancy. But having seen beds with this hardware before I knew they were prone to being “wobbly”. So I recessed them mortised them into the posts a bit deeper so the two faces of the plates wouldn’t come together. What that di was cause a locking force in two directions. So when weight is applied to the bed the force pulls the rails into the posts and makes it extremely solid. Then I also have a solid 3/4” plywood platform that is screwed to the rails supported by 2×4’s. It really doesn’t move or creak. Probably more than you needed to know but I was on a roll.

-- Joe Truehart, www.craftsmanswoodshop.com

Very nice job – warm glows. Oh, by the way, who painted that realistic looking outdoor scene inside of your picture frame?

-- Mike, Waukesha, WI

You like my outdoor scene do you. I fought with taking a photo of that mirror for some time. I couldn’t get a nice view so I decided to take it outside…so I guess that is God’s painting in my mirror

-- Joe Truehart, www.craftsmanswoodshop.com

Nice work!

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Great Lookin Bed

-- Jim, Kentucky

Good work Joe nice marriage of projects

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

I like the color nice work!