Bunk beds

Oops – that’s “shipping” not “chipping” – by the way, is it possible to edit a project once it’s been posted?

-- "Stupidity is forever, but ignorance can be fixed."

Beautiful work! Of course when you said the slide was too big for the bedroom, my warped sense of humor caused me to have a mental image of the little ones coming down the slide and right through the sheetrock wall, a la Wile E. Coyote.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Thanks, Charlie – actually, if the slide had been left in place they would have flown through the door and down the stairs! :-)

-- "Stupidity is forever, but ignorance can be fixed."

this looks great; did you have some plans to work from?

-- MikeB, Aurora, Oregon

They are very nice… They should last for generations being made from ash.

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

MikeB – I created my own plans based on a bed we saw at The Land of Nod. I wasn’t too careful to keep them updated as I tweaked the design, so now I have to re-create them for the second set. I might try my hand at Sketchup this time…

-- "Stupidity is forever, but ignorance can be fixed."

I can see a lot of “but I want the top bunk—you had it last time!!!”

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

and they are gorgeous!!!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Nice design as well! It sure will be convenient to transform into independant beds when the kids are older.

Nice work!

-- Branden - Sacramento, California - www.ShopDogUSA.com

Has me thinking about making a set for my kids… how long do you think you spent on them… even better please track your new set!

Drew

-- Drew, Pleasant Grove, Utah

Love the slide!

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Nice set of Bunk Beds. Real classy.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

With a bed like that the kids won’t want to leave the room. Whats wrong with shooting down the slide, out the door, and down the stairs….sounds like the kids would have loved it.

Great design…make sure you share it when you do it in Sketchup. My daughter is starting to think about kids…about time. This is something she would love.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

very good looking!!! i love the slide, im sure they love it!

-- "What one can make with good tools is limited only by one's talent" (lucius-hill@comcast.net)

You want to build my kid a waterbed with a water slide? J/K. I’m sure your grandkids love it. I wish I had that when I was little. Nice design and it looks solid as a rock. If you need any help with sketchup, I use it all the time and would be glad to help you if I can. I’m going to be teaching a workshop on it this summer here in AZ.

-- Thomas Porter, Phoenix, AZ, www.thomasporter.com

Great bed… but it sounds to me like the slide wasn’t too long, just not long enough! ;)

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

For anyone into Sketchup, I created a 3D model of the bunk beds. You can download it here. All of the details are there, except for the slide and the slat-mortises in the head- and foot-boards. The tenons on the slats are there, so you can deduce the mortises from that. Yeah, I know, I just got lazy at the end… :-). Also worth mentioning, is that the legs are laminated from three 3/4” pieces, and the middle one is cut beforehand to accept the upper and lower rails – no need to cut mortises there. I’ve grouped major sub-assemblies, so you can pull it apart to your heart’s content.

-- "Stupidity is forever, but ignorance can be fixed."

Allen
Wow! This is really great work. If I had this set up my kids would have never gotten out of bed…except to slide down again, and again, and again…..
Keep it up.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,