Thread: Where to buy a Slab, and make a bed like this???

Are you SERIOUS???
You want a bed like that custom made but want it done cheap????
Good Luck, you need a fair amount of it.
Wolffie

I could probaby do one for around $3 -3.5K but the freight is gonna be a killer. Seriously, why don't you see if you can get a mercedes for a hyundai price while you're at it.

Mick

Loni, I'm happy to be proven wrong, but I think you'll find that the timber alone will cost at least one thousand, if not more. Then there's the cost of turning a rough slab into a piece of furniture that won't shred your sheets and nightwear, there's another thousand or more. Then there's the cost of finishing and delivery ... and oops! We're around that magical 4000 figure.

Good furniture, made of good timber by good craftsmen, just can't be done cheap.

Originally Posted by lonijane

Hi there, Im in need of some help!

I am currently looking for a timber slab, to get a bed made like this one http://www.hudsonfurnitureinc.com/2007/

I am not looking at spending $4000 to get it made, so anysugestions on where is cheap to get one put custom made for me?

Any help would be great,

I agree you are in need of help.

You could probably find someone to knock one up from a few sheets of plywood for a bit less. It wouldn't have quite the same look though... Maybe they could run a jigsaw down the edges to make them wavy.

Peter

Originally Posted by lonijane

Hi there, Im in need of some help!

I am currently looking for a timber slab, to get a bed made like this one http://www.hudsonfurnitureinc.com/2007/

I am not looking at spending $4000 to get it made, so anysugestions on where is cheap to get one put custom made for me?

Any help would be great,

Im also from melbourne.

Thanks

Loni

Sorry if your first posting is getting you so much heat but seriously coming in here and asking a question like that is like walking into a Catholic church and spitting in the Holy water!
It is people like you who see something they like something a bit different something that says they are a person of taste an quality and then set about screwing the designer maker down for a few more $ because you saw something a bit like it but cheaper in a department store!
It is thinking like this that makes people like us only do this for a hobby and drive 20 year old cars that we cant afford to fuel up.
Give me the exact requirements of what you want and I will give you a proper quote itemizing all the costs and I bet you it will come to more than $4000. If you want it cheaper spend 20 years learning how to make it yourself!

Ross
Retired / Broke Furniture Designer !!!

I don't think we have to be so rough on the original poster ... let's just explain why it will (probably) cost more, and leave it at that.

Reminds me too much of the woman who wanted a pine vanity built in her bathroom ... not exactly friendly responses there, either.

Originally Posted by Ron Dunn

I don't think we have to be so rough on the original poster ... let's just explain why it will (probably) cost more, and leave it at that.

I dunno, I don't think we've been that rough, and I think a certain level of indignation helps reinforce a novice's need to modify unrealistic expectations (and makes us feel a bit better too )

Thats a nice slab on the walnut one though... SWMBO would never go for one like that though.

(Clarification... Walnut Bed 1)

Hi to everyone above.
You have given Loni a bit of a roasting but it does confirm the guestimate
I gave him in my email yesterday. Most people who are Non Woodies (Noodies maybe) do not realise the hours of work and sweet that go into a product like this or even one of those lovely pens you guys often flaunt around the forum. So be nice they just don't know.

Hi Loni
Without actually doing any calculations on size timber type etc just a rough
guess, your timber will be at least $1,200 (including your slab head board) plus finishing, bolts, screws and at least a
week and a half of labour say another $2,500 you are up to $3,700 already. That's for something
like the one on the web site you I looked at.
Let me know if you want me to work out the exact price.
I can still give you the name of the timber supplier in southern NSW who would ship a slab to
Melbourne.

Regards Mark

Originally Posted by BobL

I dunno, I don't think we've been that rough, and I think a certain level of indignation helps reinforce a novice's need to modify unrealistic expectations (and makes us feel a bit better too )

Who let the dogs out?

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

. . . . . Most people who are Non Woodies (Noodies maybe) do not realise the hours of work and sweet . . . . .

I wanna see the noodies, and what sort of lollies are you using

Noodies are a bit like Muggles they don't understand the power of a Woodie with sawdust in his or her nose!!

I'll do it

There's a slab at work that's probably 4ft wide and 6-8ft long, red timber I think.
It's straight off the mill so it'll need to be worked on the slab master, then I have to scrounge around the yard an find the rest of the timber, and thickness it because it's rough sawn. Then comes the hard part; making it. There's a solid week of work there.

So if I charge $10 an hour. 24 x 7 = 168 hours = $1680

Say I get a good deal on the timber and get it all for $800

$1680 + $800 plus other materials say... $200

So that's $2680 if I don't charge double the materials as I normally might.

Oh and..I'm in Queensland...