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White Ross Murphy Bed

Project by Chris Davis posted 549 days ago 913 views 0 times favorited 4 comments Add to Favorites Watch

This is the first painted version of the Ross that I’ve built. It was completed on 5-14-2008. I actually don’t paint. I use a pigmented lacquer. This one was an off-the-shelf white. I This on I used a one piece MDF door instead of the 5 piece raised panel door I normally use. This made it heaver and the leverage points needed to be moved to off-set the extra weight. I moved the mounting plates for the shocks up 1” on the verticals and back 1” on the movable section.

Here are some of the building pictures:
Header for the Murphy bed
The center frame
The center section after lacquer
To see more building picture visit my “Current Projects” link where I also have live video.

-- Watch live video from our shop. http://wwbeds.com/live.htm


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jockmike2

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posted 549 days ago

Very nice looking murphy. I like the color. mike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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teenagewoodworker

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posted 549 days ago

great job! I look forward to more posts.

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Scott Bryan

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posted 548 days ago

Chris,

Another nice looking bed. I hope you had some help with moving the bed. I am sure it was heavy since it was made from mdf.

Thanks for the post.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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Chris Davis

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posted 548 days ago

It was heavy, but I only used MDF on the 2 doors. The rest was poplar and birch.

-- Watch live video from our shop. http://wwbeds.com/live.htm

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