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Here is a drawing of a bed that I am going to make for my son. The dresser will be walnut for the main and flame birch for the drawer fronts. He wants drawers under it in place of his dresser and a bookshelf for a footboard. It will hold a queen size mattress. The main frame will be around 100" long including the headboard and footboard and around 63" wide. The heights of the center section will be 26" tall and the footboard will be 3' tall. The headboard is still undesided (open to ideas on that). The bottom drawers will be 26” wx10”hx28”d. The top drawers are 26”wx6”hx28”d. There will be six drawers on each side for a total of twelve. The bookcase (footboard) will have walnut for the sides, top, and bottom. The supports for the shelves will also be walnut. The shelf them self are going to be made from birch ply and covered with veneer. I am thinking that it should be flame birch like the drawers? Here is a drawing that I made up.
So far, I have rough-cut all the pieces and ran them thru the jointer and planer. Tomorrow I will start gluing up the board to make the sides. Then order the hardware that will be needed to attach the headboard and footboard to the center section.
I have a question that some of can answer (I hope). When I get ready to cut out the opening for the drawers, should I make a cut all the way up from the bottom on both sides of the drawer openings? Then reattach the needed pieces to keep the grain looking good? Or since I will be using a different wood for the faces of the drawers should I just cut the openings with a jigsaw and a guide? If there is a better way the let me know.
So far, I have rough-cut all the pieces and ran them thru the jointer and planer. Tomorrow I will start gluing up the board to make the sides. Then order the hardware that will be needed to attach the headboard and footboard to the center section.
I have a question that some of can answer (I hope). When I get ready to cut out the opening for the drawers, should I make a cut all the way up from the bottom on both sides of the drawer openings? Then reattach the needed pieces to keep the grain looking good? Or since I will be using a different wood for the faces of the drawers should I just cut the openings with a jigsaw and a guide? If there is a better way the let me know.