Hey Stoutman or others, I began making a bed similar to the Stickley bed you made earlier this year. I am making it from cherry and there are some differences to your desgn. The slats in the head and foot boards are 1/2 inch thick,
2 inch wide. I'm planning to cut motises in the headboard & footboard rails to accept these slats but I can't decide if I should make them the same size as the slats so the slats slide right in or if I should make them smaller and cut tenons in the ends of the slats. The latter approach would not show any edge of the mortise and might be easier and quicker to facilitate but I'm concerned that the tennons would be too thin if I stayed with 1/2 inch material. How did you secure your slats?Any comments on this? Thanks, Marc- posted
16 years ago