Actually "found" my lathe this week!

As mentioned before, my time has been occupied with the bunk beds for the little kids next door. It has been slow going- partially because each stage requires materials to be moved to get to another machine and also with preparation for yet another family visit.

Anyway, the original design, for the bunk beds had the safety "fences" constructed of square uprights

There's another "fence" at the head of the bed, too.

Well, Mimi said she thought the uprights were a little plain. Maybe I could change them. The only two pieces of equipment that hadn't come into play so far was the oscillating spindle sander and the lathe. I have an idea!!!

Some oak pieces 5/8" thick and 1" wide and then the round ends turned on the lathe!

3/8" hole into some mounting rails.

Everything here is just clamped together, sot of a combination of dry fit and visual check.

Head of the bed. Mimi said this is much better and I agree.

Turning the rectangular piece to round was fairly straight forward. I started at the "round" end and worked back. Very light cuts at the square are needed to prevent splintering and tear out. To get the round end the correct diameter- with no measuring- I used a 3/8" open end wrench and a parting tool to bring the "spindle end" to diameter.

Safe Turning!

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Lew Kauffman-
Wood Turners Forum Host

Time Traveler and Purveyor of the Universe's Finest Custom Rolling Pins!

Cool bed Lew.

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Charles Nicholls
nicholls61@att.net
Proud supporter of The Wounded Warrior Project, Homes For Our Troops and the NRA

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Coming along real good, Lew.

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Harry Brink
Bulldog Woodworking
Montana

Very nice job.  I am sure the kids and their parents will take great pride at calling it there's Don

NICE Lewis

simple not overdone. I really like the stairs.

Charlie