Yesterday I roughly milled out all those big boards I got from Jeff Mills. I cut off the bark and cut out the checks and knots. They are now all rough cut boards that I can handle.:eusa_danc Then after lunch I started on a bed for the youngest grand daughter. The head and foot boards are all cut, mortised, routed and mostly sanded.:eusa_danc Got the headboard dry fitted and it's looking good. I don't do progress pics because it cuts into my shop time :gar-Bi and it is a PITA to upload pics that I really don't want in my gallery. I sometimes send a link to my gallery for potential customers to look at and I don't think they would want to wade through a bunch of pics that they wouldn't understand anyway.:no: [I liked it much better when we could just post the pics from my PC and only put finished projects in the gallery] I hope to have the head and foot boards complete tomorrow and maybe get the side rails made as well. This will be a two part project. She wants a trundle bed to go with it with some drawers under the trundle.:BangHead: That's gonna be interesting.:eusa_thin I may have to crawl under the house and add some supports!:rotflm: This thang is gonna be heavy.:gar-La; I'll add pics when I get it all assembled and at least a coat of finish on it. This red oak has it all! worm and beetle holes, spalt, tight knots and some nice ray fleks. :icon_thum:icon_thum Thanks Jeff!ccasion1 I hope to have part one done by the first of the week.:gar-La; [If some paying work doesn't get in the way] bed done, ready for finish. guess I will spray tomorrow. trundle will be another day in the future.
and one more of a partial rail with some MS wiped on.
here it is in the room. no matress yet but the trundle is being made [started today] in the shop. I'll post part 2 pics when it's done.
and one more of a partial rail with some MS wiped on.
here it is in the room. no matress yet but the trundle is being made [started today] in the shop. I'll post part 2 pics when it's done.