Not a boat

[Pirogue]

After a woodworking hiatus, here is my latest.

The wife wanted this:

So, I bought this:

And started this:






And ended up with this:



Happy wife, happy life.

[a Bald Cypress]

Well said.


Well made.

Looks good.

[oldsparkey]

Nice work and Momma should be really happy so everyone else can be happy , If Momma is not happy , no one is.

[Kayak Jack]

Nice ride.

[Pirogue]

Thanks guys. It was a fun project. Pretty tough, but got it done.

Getting ready to start the next. It will be water related. Hopefully more details to come. Whats nice is most of it will come from scrap wood.

[Kayak Jack]

<SNIP> Getting ready to start the next. It will be water related. Hopefully more details to come. Whats nice is most of it will come from scrap wood.

He's gonna make a water bed?

[seedtick]

nice job, i've ben told there's a project like that in my future

did you have a set of plans or did you scale from the picture?

[Pirogue]

Seedtick,

I scaled it from the picture. I can dimension a drawing for you and gives some details if you are interested.

[seedtick]

thanks but most of the furniture i make is scaled from a pic

i had thought (hoped) you had found a site with some nice furniture plans

[gbinga]

Very cool.

On the frames - did you use biscuits, or dowels, or what?

George

[Pirogue]

Very cool.

On the frames - did you use biscuits, or dowels, or what?

George

Hey- sorry for the late response. I just saw your question. It is put together with biscuits. Very few screws. I am in the process of another bed right now. Will post when done.

[WadeT]

My wife spotted me looking at your post and wants a bed just like yours.... Where did you get the plans?????

Thanks

[Pirogue]

Wade,

No drawings were used other than sketches on graph paper. I started with the dimensions of a king sized mattress and box spring. Then I measured the foot board with enough height to keep the comforter from falling off when folded. The head board was just designed by eye. Once I got the width, I equally measured out the spaces for the inserts. All of the lumber was based upon stock widths. So the legs were 1 x 6, stiles and rails were 1 x 4's. But the legs were actually doubled in thickness for strength. The rails holding the box spring were 2x6 with 1 1/4 angle. Since we have 2 full box springs instead of one king, I did put a 2 x 6 down the center with legs. but you may not see that in the picture.

Like I said, much of this was built by eye. But start with the King mattress dimensions and you can build out from there.

[nobucks]

Nice work!

My wife has been getting on me about replacing my daughter's queen sized bed frame. Maybe I'll have to give this a try, only not as fancy.

Again, great job! I can hardly tell the difference between the catalog pic and you're finished product.