Popular Post B. Brinkley Posted May 5, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 5, 2019 I finally finished our bed for the wife and I. It is king size and constructed of some very old heart pine that I salvaged from some dairy barn beams. I resawed the beams to get the wood sizes required and then ran everything through my planer etc. The wood is extremely hard as much as oak and machined beautifully with the great pine smell permeating my shop. I managed to hide most of the old nail and peg holes and then finished the wood with 3 coats shellac followed by hand waxing and buffing. That took a long time as there is a lot of surface area to cover. LOL This is my largest furniture project to date and I learned as I went along. I did not take any shortcuts and everything is put together with hand cut mortise and tenon joinery. I used splines to join the panel boards. I used Titebond PVA and the bed rails are fastened using old fashioned bed bolts through the ends of the tenons and posts. I did make some mistakes of course, but nothing major. I just took my time and slogged at it for about 4 weeks. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted May 5, 2019 Report Share Posted May 5, 2019 Looks great @B. Brinkley, that pine looks very nice for salvaged wood, any thought to covering up the bolts with a cap or metal cover plate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted May 5, 2019 Report Share Posted May 5, 2019 That is awesome looking. I thought it was knotty hickory at first. For the pictures i'd say how you connected the boards in the panels worked out wonderfully. I like the added depth that the V groves add. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Brinkley Posted May 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2019 treeslayer I do plan on ordering some bolt covers from Woodcraft. That's on my to-do list. I had also considered using a Texas star plate, but those are somewhat overdone and overused around here. Thanks for the kind words fellas! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 That turned out very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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