My wife has discovered Craftsman furniture. Hurrah! The bed has ninety slats in the headboards. “No problem dear it will look so nice”! The slats are all mortised in using the Festool Domino machine. Thank heaven for German engineering. The two buttons on the front are ebony. While I was working on them an acquaintance came by in regards to another project and it turned out he has piano repair shop that redo keyboards. He has promised to give me the ebony keys next time they strip a keyboard. This will be a nice for all the Greene and Greene designs my wife keeps falling in love with. Well anyway after card scraping and hand sanding this piece I’m hoping to recover my casting arm in time for fishing season.
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woodworm
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#1 posted 1143 days ago
Sweet design.
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Greg The Cajun Box Sculptor
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#2 posted 1143 days ago
Nice bed. I have always liked mortise and tenon work with slats. I’m sure your wife will enjoy it and request more projects.
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AngelofDeath
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#3 posted 1143 days ago
that is beautiful
kolwdwrkrsgirl
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#4 posted 1143 days ago
Wow, absolutely beautiful! See what you’ve done…..now I WANT ONE!! I’ll put it on my “honey do” list for Keith (because that’s WAY out of my league), and I’ll tell him he has you to thank for it! HAhaha! ; )
-- Heidi :) “The only source of knowledge is experience”
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#5 posted 1143 days ago
Very nice. I really like it. I can really appreciate the amount of work involved. Yow.
Steve
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JimNEB
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#6 posted 1143 days ago
Nice work, very classic look to it.
-- Jim, Nebraska
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#7 posted 1142 days ago
Beautiful, just gorgeous. Can’t say much more than that, other than I can appreciate the work involved also.
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#8 posted 1142 days ago
I’ll second the “absolutely beautiful” comment.
A bed is on my short list of DIY projects. Another LJ was kind enough (that’s an understatement) to put together plans for HIS version of what you did.
A truly timeless and classic design … beautifully executed.
I presume … when I get to mine … you’ll be loaning me your Domino, right ? ;-)
-- -- Neil
Konquest
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#9 posted 1142 days ago
Tell me you pre finished all those slats!?
-- 9 3/4 fingers remaining.
a1Jim
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#10 posted 1142 days ago
Wonderful Bed great job
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jim1953
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#11 posted 1142 days ago
Great Lookin Bed
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redrobinhood
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#12 posted 1141 days ago
Really nice work – love the proportion, style, finish, what a great project – mind if I copy it?
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#13 posted 1138 days ago
Beautiful looking bed. Very nicely done. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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#14 posted 522 days ago
if and when the cramp leaves your fingers…..maybe just maybe you will be able to tie a fly to your line. but the results will justify the cramping. VERY design and well executed. Congratulations.
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