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Thread: Queen size Mango bed
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17th February 2011, 09:17 PM #1
Queen size Mango bed
Next project, a queen size mango bed. The head is a large slab with a couple of bed side shelves on each side. The frame is a horizontal flange arrangement with a slat base. Couple of shots of the slabs that I will just morph togehter in photoshop and save all that cutting and glueing etc. The head will be 3m long and 1.1 high, these will have to be dressed by hand as they are too wide for my little thicknesser. I got the slabs back to the workshop this afternoon but then we had a big down pour of rain before I could get them inside. I had a couple of other little jobs to continue with for the afternoon so I didn't get to kick back and relax.
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17th February 2011, 09:37 PM #2
Ah the old horizontal flange arrangement with a slat base trick aye I feel like saying whoa whoa down because your work ethic is bordering on exausting just to watch Onya Craw another dozy on the way, specy looking wood
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17th February 2011, 10:40 PM #3
Hi Springy, the Cocktail table was relaxation, now I'm back to work. These big slabs of Mango should have lots of feature in them, tomorrow will tell.
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17th February 2011, 10:47 PM #4
Loved the Studio table and looking on with great interest at what you do here.
cheers
Derek
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17th February 2011, 10:48 PM #5
Moss doesn't get a chance to grow with you around.
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17th February 2011, 11:08 PM #6
That'll make some clatter when it's banging against the wall!
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I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure you realize that what you just read is not what I meant.
Regards, Woodwould.
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17th February 2011, 11:11 PM #7
Don't know if I should tell you guys about the other jobs I do that don't rate a mention. Rebuilding a couple of chairs that a friend droped in a couple of days ago. Had 32mm laminex technicians bench made up (for an IT company) and then I built the steel frame/ legs and installed on Saturday. Almost always small jobs happening that just come and go.
Hi WW, just have to watch you don't get splinters.
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18th February 2011, 03:14 PM #8
Nice lookin bit (or 2) of mango
who's pinched the cushion off me pew . Geez I dunno, how can a man get comfortable to watch someone else work
CH, it's interesting the variety of stuff you do to get your hands dirtyregards
Nick
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Without wood it's just ...
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18th February 2011, 04:18 PM #9
Do or have done a lot of things over the years and will have a go at just about anything. Brain surgery has always interested me but I can't find any volunteers.
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18th February 2011, 06:52 PM #10Skwair2rownd
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Think I can still fit in the front row<
Brought some lamingtons this time, Bit sit sick of peanuts for the moment.
I don;t know CH, brain surgeons use tools that are very similar to wood woorking tools and the skill level is pretty similar. Just can't understand why you have no takers?
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18th February 2011, 07:11 PM #11
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18th February 2011, 07:47 PM #12
I was once fishing with a friend of mine and another fellow that I knew was a doctor. The friend caught a fish and started to gut the fish and cut so nicely that he said out loud while ripping out the guts he should have been a surgeon. The doctor friend piped up and said usually you try not to take too much out.
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18th February 2011, 08:22 PM #13
I've been saving used tea bags for a while, got a bowl full of mushy ones to undo in front of me now. It's a little therapy in a way well now I've developed the right technique that is. Don't let them dry out or they rip when unfolding them, use round nose pliers to get the staple out and dry them on a linen tea towel oh and get to them within four days before they grow mouldy, actually a little mold stain here and there adds to their already stained appeal.
I have sharp knife too Have I gone off topic
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18th February 2011, 10:03 PM #14
Tea bags Springy
Maybe I should stick to fish too Christos.
Todays efforts, picked up another two Mango slabs from the transport depot, thank you Mal, and took them back to my lair for brain surgery. These two slabs were sliced into the frame sections of the bed. They will be seen so the carving up of such beautiful slabs can be justified (kind of). I would have loved to have turned them into more tables or anything but chopped into boards. I have taken the boards to my storage warehouse out of the way while I finish the head board. In order the make the head board as large as possible and keep the figure running with nice flow I have cut the two slabs to be joined on a curve. This way I only had to trim off 20-30mm instead of loosing 100-150mm of each slab. The down side is to joint these will be a mission but it will be worth it in the long run.
As usual, didn't get enough done but had to go pick up the slabs and I am still repairing chairs.
Oh and got a little side tracked at lunch time watching an Audry Hepburn and Humphry Bogart movie The humidity got to me and I needed a rest.
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18th February 2011, 10:04 PM #15
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