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  1. 4th May 2005, 07:16 PM #16
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    Ok, another option might be to cut one long mortice (a groove?) in each post then use spacer blocks between the slats/rails, making sure the grain in the spacers runs in the same direction as the post.
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    Yep - first thing I thought of. It would be difficult to do this I think without looking like you cheated. COmments, anyone?
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  4. 7th May 2005, 03:04 AM #18
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    Patience and a steady hand...
    If you were to make the curve in the uprights arcs from a circles circumfrence you could modify (or create) a morticing jig (like Rockers) that followed the same arc and should give you very repeatable results.
    As for the tenon in the post idea, I have made both our bed and the spare using this construction. I have also backed it up with a piece of angle on the inside for rigidity. I have seen too many shop bought bed fittings fail or loosen over time.
    I can still pull the bed apart in about the same time as a shop bought one but have never needed to retighten the screws or bolts.
    Below is a piccy of the finished product.
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    Started on this a couple of weeks ago, after much ruminating. Pic is from an American web catalouge, no plan so I've done my own. Changes every weekend.:eek: I will post progress. Don't hold breath.

    Right. Timber is all DAR and sized. Individual pieces (70 No.) still to be trimmed to size, then:
    • Form pockets for captive nuts in the legs
    • Rout/drill side rails for bolts
    • Machine slots in end rails for centre verticals
    • rout all holes for dominos - major design change, requiring many mm of eraser on my plans.
    • Coat of cut-back shellac on everything
    • Assemble
    • finish with China oil

    Party.

    Next project: bookcase. A nice easy one.
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    Sorry - pics fell off somewhere.
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    Thought you would have finished by now Tassie!
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    Hmmmmmm - so did She. The Dom is here to help now, all will be well.
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    Still fitting soccer, kid's birthday party etc etc, but some progress:

    OK - M&T formed in leg/end rail
    Trial fit ups
    Bore bolt holes
    Domis for alignment/shear
    Hidden bolt detail
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    S'more:
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    Good stuff Tassiekiwi its looking good
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    Quote Originally Posted by Al B
    Good stuff Tassiekiwi its looking good
    He's right - it is looking good.
    I love the curved pieces - especially as you told us how to do them (I see the templates in the backround).

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    Don't you love it when a project really starts taking shape?

    Looking very good so far; do keep us posted
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    Tassikiwi,

    I was gratified to see from pic 2 in post #24 that the morticing jig has not been consigned to the dustbin of history, now that you have a Domino in your shed I think it still has a place, in those situations which the Domino was not designed to cater for.

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    Indeed. I had spent the previous evening rearranging the plans to cater for the dominos, which in almost all cases were the brilliant solution. Because the bed needed to be 'knock-down' I had already planned to have a captive nut embedded in the end rail's tenon. I had changed the 150mm long M&T into 2 10mm Domis, and had sketched a small 60mm pocket to house a floating 1/2 tenon that would only be in the leg section - trapped forever after assembly.

    I was doing my head in trying to fit everything into the coner joint ( 4x 10mm domis plus bolt and nut) without clashes, wasting shed time when the solution thankfully popped into my head. as per the pics. Yay for Rocker's jig, I said. Mind you, one must ensure that one starts at the correct end of the desired mortice, or you will have a wee patch job to do. DAMHIK.
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    What 4 months????



    (I couldn't find this @$%&* thread the other day)
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