Popular Mechanics 100th Anniversary Bed

A right fine job there sir. Hard to believe that this is a beginner project.
Maybe you ought to think about upgrading your status a bit??

-- Grumpy old guy, and lookin' good Doin' it.

Great princess bed. I see that Gradmother has her sewing machine in there to share with the grand daughters,
you are going to have to arrange equal time in the shop. Thank you for sharing.

-- As ever, Gus-the 74 yr young apprentice carpenter

Cool design and a very good build
Merry Christmas

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Sometimes our skill level is determined by how much we are willing to challenge ourselves. If you challenge yourself to a higher level you can get these results.

Beautiful work

-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability

Great build! Can you tell us more about the square decorations… are they inlays or applied? What material are they made of?
Thanks

-- Willie, Washington "If You Choose Not To Decide, You Still Have Made a Choice" - Rush

The squares are applied. They are pommele sapele veneered on wenge squares (1/4”) with a 1/8” bevel. The rectangular pieces in the headboard and footboard have pommele sapele veneered on both sides of a plywood substrate.

The legs have wenge “feet” while the remainder of the bed frame in mahogany. Finished with Watco Oil (3 coats iirc) and Wax (Antiquax from Rockler). I have come to like Oil/Wax finishes because it gives a more natural (to my eyes) look (and I have unable to get a finished look I like with, eg, polyurethane). I did get an acceptable look with tung oil (MinWax) on some loudspeakers I made recently.

I am finishing this bed right now… It is a good design. My wife loves ours.

-- Weth

Great Lookin Bed

-- Jim, Kentucky

Beautiful design and great looking implementation.

Is the design of this bed available in the net? I would consider building such one.

The plans were freely available a few years ago. Now it takes a Google search to find them and then you can only view them. http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/how-to-plans/woodworking/1273341. The pictures are missing but I have pdf copy of the diagram and cut list. Is there a safe way to exchange email addresses? If so, I could email you the article.

Do a books.google.com search. Enter Popular Mechanics 2002 and scroll to November. The article starts on page 107.

A bed is on my ever growing to do list…LOL! Is this bed designed for a matress only?

-- Cau Haus Designs, Thomas J. Tieffenbacher

It would seem to be. A box and mattress would most likely be too tall (headboard would be hidden). I suppose one could make the headboard a bit taller to accomodate a box/mattress combo.

Thanks

-- Cau Haus Designs, Thomas J. Tieffenbacher

Thanks Steve.

About sending file in a secure way, you can send it using one of the file sending services like https://www.wetransfer.com/ and post the link you get from them.

I’d love to get a PDF containing this project.