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  1. 6th April 2013, 08:37 PM #1
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    Hi all,
    Just thought i'd take a stroll over from the Metalworking area and show some pics of a bed i'm making for my youngest. I have already made a similar one for my eldest so making this one has been a bit too easy so far......gulp

    The timber is Sydney blue gum, i harvested 3 tree's from my parents farm some 12 years ago and had it milled. Its been air drying since.

    The legs after mortising, The through mortices, for the side rails, where roughed out with a forstner bit and cleaned up with a router bit in my metal milling machine, with the help of a false table. The stopped mortices, for the head and foot rails, where drilled with a forstner and cleaned up by hand. The legs are 65mm square.
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    The tenons on the head and foot rails were simply cut on the table saw, using the "lots of cuts" (can't think of a better name) technique, and again cleaned up and fitted by hand, mostly with a paring chisel and a rabet plane.
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    The bottoms of the legs beveled on the saw

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    Dry assembly and detail of the dado for the head board.....yes its veneer....call it a bad throwback from my days as a commercial cabinetmaker...

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    Head and foot part sanded and glued up

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    The mortices for the wedges to hold the side rails in place (more in the next post)

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    Filling some checks in the side rails with laser printer toner and "zap" superglue. The side rails are cut from 2 boards that where cut from the center of one of the tree's, so there are a few checks.
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    My slave hard at work (couldn't resist throwing that one in)


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  3. 6th April 2013, 08:49 PM #2
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    Here is a vid of the cutting of the wedge mortices in the side rails. The drill bit is a 10mm Colt twinland, 1600rpm. The mortice is angled at 5deg from vertical. It is 40mm long and goes through the 100mm of rail tenon. This is the first big test i have put a colt drill up to, and it did very nicely...

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    Lovely work. I like it.
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    Well now, that's an interesting technique for drilling a mortise that I'm going to have to try one day. I've tried to use drill bits like router bits for mucky slots in thin material before but figured I was just being crude

    Nice work all round
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    Thanks boys.
    Keep in mind the morticing was done on this....

    It works on a standard DP but you have to take it a lot slower.
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    The mortices have been squared and the wedges cut and fitted. Now for some slats and a sand and Wax. Since it will probably be at least sucked on by my littley i'd rather not use anything more than wax, and its is sooooo easy to repair. This is coming from someone who used to smother everything in 2 pac poly mind......I'll be happy if i never see another can of it again.
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    That is looking great. Very nice work.


    Quote Originally Posted by Ueee View Post
    My slave hard at work (couldn't resist throwing that one in)

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    I have one of those. Mine is an earlier model.
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    Great work there Ewan!! will be a good solid unit when finished.

    Too heavy for burglars to easily get it out the window!!
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