Check out my king bed progress. This is by far my most difficult project. It looks like it would be quite easy, just a bunch of rails and slats, but she is deceiving! I am 3-weeks in and all I need to do is sand and install the ledger and mattress support slats.
Look at the Ellis bed and tell me how close you think I got. I think I nailed it other than the inlay on the slats.
I will post again after I finish.
Thanks for looking!
Thank you Edwin. I forgot to mention that I still need to install the corbels. They are already made, just need to be glued on.
Thanks!
far in 3 weeks - is that full time, or a spare-time-project? I made a mission style bed that was only slightly more complicated than that one, and it took me almost 9 months (of spare time) from start to finish, and I was following a pre-made plan pretty closely
Thank you!
I work on it most of the day on the weekend and a few hours here and there during the week in the evening.
That is a cool design. It looks a lot like this guys:
Thank you.
the headboard on mine)
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Thanks! You are working on another bed? I still remember your "captain's bed", that was an awesome project.
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Was? That's *still* the project. I have the base and footboard done -- I'm working the headboard. Probably about 40% complete thus far on the headboard.
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Stoutman, VERY nice work. I like the grain orientation that you used for the slats on the head/footboards. It looks very nice indeed.
Very nice Stouteman. Walnut?
How did you cut the taper on the head board and foot board vertical slats? ;~)
Thank you. The walnut was the wife's idea.
I actually used the table saw for that, not the bandsaw. ;)
Thank you.
Thank you. I'm thinking about using minwax's wipe-on Tung-oil finish.
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Looking good!
Had to get my Leigh dovetail jig 72" off the ground to do the ends of a long case a couple of weeks back and recognized the aerial act.
Ya gotta do what you gotta do. ;)
Thank you!
It was a little intimidating at first, but I got use to it quick.
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