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I built this bed as sort of a wedding present for my new wife. The wood is walnut and american chestnut. My grandfather and great uncle cut the walnut off of the family farm sometime in the 1980’s. I salvaged the chestnut from their father’s house (my great-grandfather) in clay county, WV earlier this year. The house was full of 4” T&G bead board which had been covered up with wall paper and drywall. The bed is solid as a rock. The bead board was tongued into the walnut stiles which are mortised into the legs. Turned out to be pretty simple once I got rolling.
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drfixit
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#1 posted 1296 days ago
Very very nice!
-- I GIVE UP!!!! I've cut this @!&*!% board 3 times.... its still too short!
mtnwild
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#2 posted 1296 days ago
There’s a wood workers bed!
Looks great and cool story where the wood came from…............
-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.
jim1953
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#3 posted 1296 days ago
What a Great Lookin Bed
-- Jim, Kentucky
Keith Shipp
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#4 posted 1296 days ago
Relay nice looking bed and a real piece of family.
-- Keith, Bolingbrook, Illinois. The way I figure it I only have the rest of my life to get good at this...
griff
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#5 posted 1296 days ago
Very nice looking bed, Great job.
-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none
Jan_CQ
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#6 posted 1296 days ago
Great job, it’s really nice. Beautiful wood and nice design. Did you also make the chest in front of it?
-- Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?
Karson
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#7 posted 1296 days ago
Beautiful bed and a great salvage job.
-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
a1Jim
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#8 posted 1296 days ago
Looks good well done
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bruc101
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#9 posted 1296 days ago
Beautiful bed awesome craftsmanship.
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MsDebbieP
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#10 posted 1295 days ago
that’s beautiful.
At first I wondered “A newlywed?? not newlywedS??? and then I see it is for your lovely wife—:)
the story behind the bed is a treasure. I hope you write it down and attach it to the bed somehow so it will never get lost .
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
woodworm
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#11 posted 1295 days ago
Beautiful bed, reallly great work!
-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.
NBeener
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#12 posted 1295 days ago
Wow. Stunning.
May the two of you have many happy nights in it….
-- -- Neil
Kindlingmaker
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#13 posted 1295 days ago
A beautiful bed and the history will live on for generations. A wonderful job!
-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings
dbhost
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#14 posted 1295 days ago
Now that’s nice….
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gbvinc
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#15 posted 1295 days ago
Very nice! Did you also make the chest at the foot of the bed?
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