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Denise's Sleigh bed

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This was a head scratcher, My brother and I made this a year ago for his wife.
Went to a furniture store to get ideas on a Sleighbed design.
I didn’t notice that the headboards were a curved shape and the panel was not. (I pay much closer attention to detail now.)
Well, we routed a curve into the head and foot board post to accept the panel.
1/4 inch panel over that area looked too cheap. 1/2 inch was too hard to bend in shape. So we glued up two 1/4 inch panels bent, glued and clamped into position. We would get one end in and the other would pop out. After much frustration it finally went together.
Top rails on the foot board were made from 2X8 oak. Ripped several cuts almost through it, wet it down overnight and then glued and clamped it to get the curve shape. It split a little but nothing that couldn’t be touched up.

This will stay a one of a kind..
Only blotchy Picture I could find of it.

-- John Stoler Apple Creek Ohio


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a1Jim

16683 posts in 470 days


posted 30 days ago

Cool Bed John

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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isetegija

610 posts in 408 days


posted 30 days ago

Looks very well made.

Thanks for sharing with us.

-- My woodwork blog : http://www.isetehtud.pri.ee/blog/

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Beginningwoodworker

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posted 30 days ago

Nice looking bed, John.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

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RexMcKinnon

652 posts in 88 days


posted 30 days ago

Looks good to me. Did you or your brother make the furniture also?

-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!

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Julian

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posted 30 days ago

Looks good. I have a brother in law that wants a sleigh bed built. I am planning on using 1/8” baltic birch plywood as a core for the head/footboard panels and making my own 1/8” thick veneer to lay over the plywood, then bend it to shape. Hopefully it won’t crack on me.

Thanks for sharing.

-- Julian, Park Forest, IL

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Ed Elizondo

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posted 30 days ago

Very nice sleigh bed. You did a good job.

-- Ed E. " Taking one board at a time "

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Karson

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posted 30 days ago

A great looking bed. Not noticing that the back was not curves caused some problems, Huh. I’ve got a magazine that has pictures of one made with Brazilian Rosewood for the wife of an Ambassador to Brazil. He made his curved, but he used slats like a roll top desk if I remember.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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matt garcia

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posted 30 days ago

SWEET!!!!!

-- Matt, Houston Texas

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huff

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posted 30 days ago

John, nice job. I’ve wanted to make one of them one day. I love working with curves (maybe that’s because I can’t cut a straight line) lol.

-- John @ Myrtle Beach

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tinnman65

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posted 29 days ago

Great looking bed John, You mean to say your not going to build one of those for each of your kids? :-)

-- Paul Sayre Creativity is a drug I cannot live without. Cecil B. DeMille (1881 - 1959)

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lumberdustjohn

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posted 27 days ago

We built all of the furniture in this room. Couldn’t get the other pictures to load.
A big No is the answer if the kids want one like this.
Pick out something else.

-- John Stoler Apple Creek Ohio

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