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Twin bed for my daughter. First “big girl” bed, keep it at grandma’s house.
Made of walnut and maple. M/T joinery, with walnut dowels pegged thru the joints. I used Rockler’s mortise bed hardware. The exact name escapes me now. However, it was the first time I had tried to mortise into end grain. What a pain. Luckily it isnt seen, because they kind of look like a beaver chewed them in. I am not sure what type of maple it is, I think I grabbed it out of the pacific coast figured bin. But, when I think of figured maple, this isnt what I visualize. I resawed the panels, first project using my Rikon BS. I like the way the maple looks, whatever type of maple it is.
The bed was basically made as a trial run, I plan to make a king size one for our home. It will contain three panels instead of the two on the twin. I plan to use more of this maple with ribboned mahogany for that one. The design came from a picture the Mrs found on a custom built website. Since I cant afford 4K for his version, I will make my own. Isnt that one reason to be a woodworker?
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Brandon
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#1 posted 574 days ago
Great work, Shane. Maple and Walnut always seem to work well together!
-- "hold fast to that which is good"
j_c
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#2 posted 574 days ago
Beautiful project, Shane. Bet your daughter loves it! Hey, I’ve been a ‘big boy’ for years now, and my bed is nowhere near as beautiful!
What is the ‘mattress support’? The bed doesn’t have the ‘slats’ you see on most bed frames.
Ken90712
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#3 posted 574 days ago
Well done, nice and clean lines.
-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"
zindel
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#4 posted 574 days ago
Very nice! I think taking someone’s design and making it yourself is half the fun and the reward is all the money you saved! I have done this as well. Love the bed…may have to um use the design myself lol
-- If you can't fix it with a hammer, You've got an electrical problem.
workerinwood
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#5 posted 574 days ago
Nice design, looks great!!
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#6 posted 574 days ago
really nice combination of materials
-- Shawn, I ask in order to learn
ShaneA
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#7 posted 574 days ago
thanks for the kind responses.
The bed does have white oak slats. I glued and screwed a piece of white oak lengthwise along the rails, then I added slats, and then the piece of plywood. Since there is no boxsprings, I went with the ply over the slats. It was in the cheapo bin at my supplier. $10 for a pre-painted 4×8 sheet. Couldnt pass that up, being I am cheap and all.
Thanks again.
vipond33
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#8 posted 353 days ago
“Isn’t that one reason to be a woodworker?”
that is a perfect reason to be a woodworker, plus you knock them out at home.
gene
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Mauricio
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#9 posted 329 days ago
Awesome bed Shane! I love the walnut sapwood on the railes.
-- Mauricio - Woodstock, GA - "Confusion is the Womb of Learning, with utter conviction being it's Tomb" Prof. T.O. Nitsch
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