voiceover: the woodwhisperer is sponsored by powermatic, thegold standard since 1921. and by clear vue cyclones clear the air and breath easy. ♪ instrumental music ♪ ♫ marc: the hardware for our bed is sourced from the big box store. nothing fancy but i dohave carriage bolts,
washers and some threaded rod. we're going to make somemodifications to this hardware to make it more appropriatefor our application. first we're going to paint the carriage bolt heads matte black. a quick file. a little sanding. and some paint is all it takesto transform the bolt heads into something that doesn't look awful.
next we need to flatten out one end of our washers using the grinder. this will make for a better fit in the flat bottomed nut access holes and since so many of you gota kick out of this last time i will say it onceagain, nut access holes. to give the washer a curved profile i am using a small pressthat i made from scrap wood. finally the threaded rodneeds to be cut to size
using a hack saw. the center support rail is held by a modified french [cleat]. this is made from few pieces of scrap with the center piecereceiving a slight angled cut. the center rail itself willreceive a series of notches to accept the cross supports. the notches are made at the table saw using a quick jig thatresembles a box joint jig.
(sawing sound) when it's all said and done it should look something like this. it's pretty cool. the ends of the rail receive a notch and the french cleatangle is chiseled by hand for a perfect fit. beauty. the brackets arethen glued and screwed to the foot board and head board.
alright let's see how this works. it should be a snug fit. the key is to get bothsides in at the same time. there we go. i like it. for the maple support slats, i'm cutting notchesthat will meet perfectly with the center support notches. the maple pieces simply drop in place
resting on the centersupport and the side rails. and speaking of rest, i was ready for a nice nap by this point. for additional supporti'm making two block feet that will sit under thecenter rail as you see here. with all of the wood working done, the only thing left todo is scrape and sand. for the customer requested oil finish, the wood is sanded allthe way to 320 grit.
the finish will be pure tongue oil diluted 50% with mineral spirits and heated with a doubleboiler hot plate setup. i'm not a huge fan of pure oil finishes but this is what the customer wants. the finish is applied with a brush and then wiped back clean with a cloth. for the rest of the day i will come back and check on the piece
and wipe back any standing oil. now it's time for assembly. the threaded rod is screwedin to the foot board and the rails are droppedin and bolted down. the rails are then pushed forward into the headboard mortices andsecured with the hardware. now for the center rail, thesupport feet and the slats. and here it is- beautiful, solid, bubinga with a wenge raised panel.
i hope you enjoy the freeversion of this build. if you would like to see the full version, which clocks in atabout 6 and a half hours of high quality video instruction, head to thewoodwhispererguild.com for all of the details. thanks for watching andthanks to all of the guild members for theirinput on this project. wahhhhhh
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