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Some pictures of my bed frame project..

Hope you like it..cheers.

Very nice! I was going to make my kids a aluminum bunk bed, but my wife found one dirt cheap. She has been complaining about not having a head board for our bed, maybe I can make one for her.
-Jonathan

In my woodworking days I got a huge hollow tree, a Black Walnut that survived a hotel fire. These trees secrete resin making the color, & rot resistance. This tree secreted lots of it, (fire?), the wood is very dark, almost oily to touch. I modified a lathe to 7' 3", made a cannonball 4 poster bed. The crossboard in the headboard I wanted a simple one hump tombstone shape. My boss didn't like it, it was creepy! I suggested a classic colonial broken pediment with dentil molding and turned finial. Nope, too Lincoln bedroom, she could envision a body with its head blown apart. I left it with "Look at antique furniture books. Find something you like. Weeks later I went off to a school board meeting, on my return I discovered a 15 year old proudly showing a blank of black walnut roughed out for a gun stock, He had cut it from the center of my headboard. Oh well.

Looks an excellent job - when I started on the pictures I actually thought it was a truck bed ! - I'm not going to risk putting the first thing that popped into my head in print - but I'll chance saying that membership to weight watchers maybe cheaper than that tonnage of steel !

Before they were married my daughter in law had a cramped dorm room. To maximize space Seth built her a desk with bed above.It comes apart in three pieces, and weighs 100 LBS each. All for a 97 LB girl.

You forgot the 4 eye bolts to attach the bungees too.

How many people sleep on this bed???

You could park your D6 on that bed, and it wouldn't even flex.

Awesome build.

Best,
~John

AKweldshop wrote:How many people sleep on this bed???

You could park your D6 on that bed, and it wouldn't even flex.

Awesome build.

Best,
~John

Hi john..just me and my wife..it has to be built tough to handle the stress when two forces of nature collide

That's one solid bedframe!

I'd be interested in more pics of your chop saw stand. That pivoting fence looks pretty clever!

Cheers,
Richard

RichardH wrote:That's one solid bedframe!

I'd be interested in more pics of your chop saw stand. That pivoting fence looks pretty clever!

Cheers,
Richard

thanks richard..here's a detailed pics of my chopsaw stand..

Wow that's a nice chop-saw stand!!!!

Well done!!!

Very nice!! I love how you paint your projects, it has sex appeal. Now can we have pictures of the down draft/torch table?
-Jonathan

Nice looking stand. I like the idea of swivel supports.