Danl

1 hour ago, John Morris said:

 

If it was dangerous or deceptive Cal, I'd never ever ever, expose ya'll to something like that. I bet DanL has his own reasons and I am sure they are important to him.

But as far as anything here in this community, after 13 years of being live as a community, I am sure you all have a pretty good level of trust in me?

I wanted to post my opinion and I hope that I did not offend anyone.  If I did, I sincerely apologize.   I have no reason to think that this forum is other than safe.  I came from a professional world were my company was being attacked every day and they had firewalls on top of firewalls and as an employee we were advised and told what to do to try to eliminate the "bad guy" from entering our systems/computer.  One defensive approach I took and still use is to not use links when ever I could type the URL.   Regularly, I receive email which looks like it came from Amazon, but it is not from Amazon.  Thank you all for your kindness and support.  I do enjoy being a part of this forum.  Danl

This will likely be the final post for the mission style bed but hopefully more posts will follow for the mission style chest-of-drawers; all apart of the mission style bedroom set.  The bed was put into the spare bedroom yesterday alongside the mission style nightstand.  Thanks for looking.  Danl

Posting log for the Mission style Bedroom set journey

1.      Help me with my lumber hauling                                             Feb. 15, 2022

2.      White oak is here                                                                         Feb. 28, 2023

3.      Moxon vise                                                                                    May 15, 2022

4.      TS - tenoning jig                                                                           May 29, 2023

5.      Double tenons                                                                              June 5, 2022

6.      Mission Bedroom set – making progress                               July 23, 2022

7.      Mission Bedroom set – making progress – take 2               Sept. 18, 2022

8.      Inlay lines & dots                                                                         Sept. 30, 2022

9.      Mission Bedroom set – Nightstand door                               Oct. 9, 2022

10.   Table saw made dovetail joinery for a drawer                     Nov. 13, 2022

11.   Mission Bedroom set – Nightstand is complete                   Dec. 23, 2022

12.   Mission style bed – prototype                                                  March 7, 2023

13.   Mission style bed – production -1                                           May 23, 2023

14.   Mission style bed – production – 2                                         June 3, 2023

15.   Mission style bed – production – 3                                         June 15, 2023

16.   Mission style bed – production – 4                                         June 21, 2023

17.   Mission style bed – production – 5                                         July 22, 2023     

18.   Mission style bed – production – final                                   Aug. 13, 2023

Cleaver gift idea.  I look forward to seeing the one you build.  thanks   Danl

On 7/29/2023 at 10:59 PM, Grandpadave52 said:

Not a turner, but yes I have too many to count pictures as well as countless free project plans. All filed in the "round2it" folder. Then more pictures, ideas and plans for jigs, fixtures, benches, carts, shop accessories etc. Just waiting on Groucho to deliver a case of Geritol to get started.

I am much the same, including sketch-up files.  I know that I have more ideas than I have years.    Danl

A few more progress pics of the Mission style bed build.    Danl

I do not have a pic of the side-rail cleat before glue-up to the side rail.  This is a pic of the final assembly of the side rail with the cleat being attached.

I made a simple jig to help make the cleat dove-tail.  The dove-tail will accept the bed slats.  The cleat is being held in my Moxon vise.  I removed most of the material with the table saw and then used a router with a trim bit.  The temporary tenons in the side of the rails will aid with the spray finishing.  The rail slats are made from poplar wood.

Sample board showing the progression of the finishing process.  Raw QSWO, one coat of Transtint medium brown in DA, then sprayed with 1-1/2# seal coat, then one coat of General Finishes Antique Walnut, then sprayed with 1-1/2# seal coat, then three oats of Sherwin Williams Sher-wood Kem Aqua plus (WB lacquer).  

I spray in my garage and the weather is hot.  Cure time is in the kitchen.  

Now time to assemble the footboard.  The first dry-run took 1 hour by myself.  My wife and I were able to get the spindles glued in 10 min and final glue-up in 1/2 hour.  I used Titebond hide glue for the adhesive.   The two pine strips aided in holding the spindles in location while flipping the top rail and strips 90-deg and then positioning the lower rail.  The footboard had 68 joints.  The fit-up of the spindles to the rails were fairly tight before adding the glue.  The pine strip closes to the lower rail was made 1/64"-1/32" thinner than the gap measurement to aid in the assembly.   All of the spindle were numbered and had a reference mark to assure clocking orientation to get the "pretty side" on the correct side.  Numerous glue aids were made.  Most were painted red.

The next day I glued the headboard assembly.  It is similar to the footboard except with the addition of a 3rd rail and longer legs.  To aid in the assy, I made the tenons on the lower rail 1/4" shorter than the upper and mid rail.  I also made the tenons on the middle spindle, or center slat, 1/4" longer, top and bottom, than the other spindles for both the footboard and headboard.

Now time to add felt pads to the bottom of all the legs. 

I still have to spray finish to the top cap of the footboard and headboard, spray finish to the side rails, and spray shellac on the bed slats.  All of this before final assembly.  I did trial install the side rails to the footboard and headboard.  Pics will be forthcoming.  Thanks for looking.   Danl 

57 minutes ago, 4DThinker said:

Are you sure?   Helping a student clamp up a chair frame I put a 40"  K-body clamp across the bottom of the legs to keep them from spreading, then used 36" K body clamps to pull the arms down into tenons on the top of the legs.  The bar of the K-bodys tried to resist, but made beautiful arcs as I tightened them.  A rare use for the clamps, but in a furniture design shop we had to get creative occasionally when students needed help. 

Jon Peters has an interesting video about what clamps to us.   Danl