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4 poster bed build for Son & Wife

Bryan, just had some time to browse and read the entire thread on your bed build. Very nice work indeed. Really like your shop and tools and the craftsmanship you create with their help. Are you going to drill through the leg into the tenon and "peg" this bed together once you get it on site?
 
Jonathan Shively said:
Bryan, just had some time to browse and read the entire thread on your bed build. Very nice work indeed. Really like your shop and tools and the craftsmanship you create with their help. Are you going to drill through the leg into the tenon and "peg" this bed together once you get it on site?
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Probably glue the posts to the head and footboard. Both weigh over 100 pounds assembled.:eek:
 
larry merlau said:
hey bryan, dado blade in the saw for the tenon work? and yes art the duplicator is a must have for sure.. now to find a good green one resonable:)
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Last time I did it with the 1/8" TS blade, took a lot of passes. Cutting 2" was done in 3 passes with the full stack. Hand plane the last little bit using a small shoulder plane till the tenon fits in. I also hand sawed the top and bottom back 1/2" on the lower tenons
 
This weekend only got 2 hrs in the shop today. Enough time to rout out posts and rails for the bed rail hangers. Shop made jig , using a 3/8" strait bit in my Colt and another router with a 1/4" bit to make relief pockets for the hooks. A spacer block will use the same jig for the rails. The spacer block I made up , should have tested on scrap 1st, it's off centre a 1/16". Small relief pockets for the back side of the hooks hand routed.

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my bedrails on my sons bed were off by 1/16 or so also, didn't make much difference as long as the "off" was the same on both ends.(just turned the jig upside down to keep same side on same side of rail)
 
Bryan, how do you like that bosch colt? I have an early model and have had nothing but problems with it when it comes to precision cuts. it always tends to drop or worse there is slight shift in the base I also find its height makes it "tippy". I found myself relegating it to my trim tools like small round over bits for window stool in the field and went back to my small pc for fine work.
Have you noticed any of that with yours?
 
Rich Soby said:
Bryan, how do you like that bosch colt? I have an early model and have had nothing but problems with it when it comes to precision cuts. it always tends to drop or worse there is slight shift in the base I also find its height makes it "tippy". I found myself relegating it to my trim tools like small round over bits for window stool in the field and went back to my small pc for fine work.
Have you noticed any of that with yours?
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You have to twist the base to lock into the thread of the fine height adjuster, and I had to tighten the flip clamp a bit on mine. I don't like the button for shaft lock, it's already worn so it won't work. I had to grind one of my P-C wrenches thinner to fit so I can remove a bit. I wouldn't buy it again.
 
Added a 1.75" x 2 " oak strip for box spring support. I have to trim the rail to length and redo the routed mortises for the metal hanger. I thought the bed rails had been trimmed for length.
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Glad that the rails where not even lengths, as I wouldn't have caught this mistake. Approx 1" over size, length should be 82".

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Using the stroke sander to sand the bed rails. After being moved around the shop for several weeks, the parts always seem to collect extra scuff marks that need to be re sanded. :huh: I now have the posts, head and foot board pores filled. Several days to dry up, then a final sand.
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now that the traditional bed is almost done, time to finish this one. I didn't like the red of the brown stain, which was two stains blended together so it has to be sanded back. Glad I only put it on one part.:(

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Always a pleasure riding along on one of your project Bryan. The pieces you share here are sure to become family treasures for whoever receives them and for whoever they pass them down to. Thanks for taking the time to let us all share in your methods and techniques.
 
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