Fremont Bed cut list error?

[bob houseofrossi]

I am weeks into my Fremont Bed project, having acquired a new Laguna KX:24 router and happily cutting out all the pieces when I get to "G - HB FB Top Rail Cap".

It calls for a quantity of 2 5/4 10.5" x 93.5" boards. It looks like this is an error. Cany anyone explain?

 

[Tom King]

Probably should be   Two  5/4 x 10-1/2" x 93-1/2"    But I know nothing about what you're working on.

[fcschoenthal]

On 12/30/2025 at 11:49 AM, Tom King said:

Probably should be   Two  5/4 x 10-1/2" x 93-1/2"    But I know nothing about what you're working on.

I'm with Tom. Perhaps knowing what the pieces are used for would be helpful in determining.

It's a beautiful bed, good luck and let us know how it came out.

[richard arveaux]

On 12/30/2025 at 10:27 AM, bob houseofrossi said:

I am weeks into my Fremont Bed project, having acquired a new Laguna KX:24 router and happily cutting out all the pieces when I get to "G - HB FB Top Rail Cap".

It calls for a quantity of 2 5/4 10.5" x 93.5" boards. It looks like this is an error. Cany anyone explain?

 

Each board is 1 1/4 inches thick 10.5 inches wide and 93.5 inches long when finally dressed and squared. Always make your wood wider and thicker and longer. And after they have rested in your shop for a few days to a week, then cut and plane to the sizes in the plans.

[Von]

Hi Bob,

 Are you working on the Fremont bed from the Wood Whisperer? If so, while this forum is a great place for general woodworking questions, for specific questions on the bed I suggest a better place to ask would ask in the build itself in your Guild Library. Marc or Darrell will much more certainly see your question there. Good luck!

[Coop]

Bob, are you questioning what the 5/4 is? If so, the finished board thickness is 1 1/4”.,

[Beechwood Chip]

On 12/30/2025 at 11:27 AM, bob houseofrossi said:

It calls for a quantity of 2 5/4 10.5" x 93.5" boards.

My father insisted that quantities should always be in parenthesis to avoid this sort of confusion.  So, it should have been written:

(2) 5/4  10.5" x 93.5" 

Unless it's in columns, like

Qty         Thickness         Width         Length

2              5/4                    10.5"           93.5" 

[Coop]

Agreed. Or two ea. …….

[gee-dub]

I'll just chime in that I never cut a lot of parts ahead of assembly.  That is, I don't cut everything out and then expect it to go together like a jigsaw puzzle.  There are things like cumulative error, material fluctuation post milling and so forth.  I make enough parts to create a base or primary sub-assembly and then add on to this as I go.  This lets me make subtle adjustments for wood movement or mistakes in plans or planning.

That was a bit of diarrhea of the mouth.  Your observation on methods of presenting info in written form are valid.  I think Marc would like to hear about it and possibly do an adjustment to avoid others having the same confusion.  Technical Writing is an actual job and not all of us can simulate it as well as someone who does it all the time.

[Coop]

Always wonder if this was a one off and if the info provided, helped? 

[Beechwood Chip]

On 1/1/2026 at 9:51 PM, Coop said:

Always wonder if this was a one off and if the info provided, helped?

Last visited December 31st, so I'm guessing they saw most or all of the responses.

[bob houseofrossi]

On 1/1/2026 at 9:51 PM, Coop said:

Always wonder if this was a one off and if the info provided, helped? 

Thanks for all the great suggestions. I followed Von's advise and reached out to Marc at  TWW. He helped me out.

[bob houseofrossi]

On 12/31/2025 at 8:15 AM, gee-dub said:

I'll just chime in that I never cut a lot of parts ahead of assembly.  That is, I don't cut everything out and then expect it to go together like a jigsaw puzzle.  There are things like cumulative error, material fluctuation post milling and so forth.  I make enough parts to create a base or primary sub-assembly and then add on to this as I go.  This lets me make subtle adjustments for wood movement or mistakes in plans or planning.

That was a bit of diarrhea of the mouth.  Your observation on methods of presenting info in written form are valid.  I think Marc would like to hear about it and possibly do an adjustment to avoid others having the same confusion.  Technical Writing is an actual job and not all of us can simulate it as well as someone who does it all the time.

In this particular project there are several CNC cut parts that must go together all at once. They must all be cut out before any assembly can take place.

[curlyoak]

On 1/2/2026 at 10:09 AM, bob houseofrossi said:

n this particular project there are several CNC cut parts that must go together all at once.

Us woodworkers know how to make the parts without a CNC. We use jigs and know how to make repeatable and exact cuts. And what gee-dub says too

[bob houseofrossi]

On 1/2/2026 at 2:26 PM, curlyoak said:

Us woodworkers know how to make the parts without a CNC. We use jigs and know how to make repeatable and exact cuts. And what gee-dub says too

Well I am a woodworker that has made many fine pieces in my 72 trips around the sun. I have made more jigs and fixtures than I can remember. This particular project that I am working on has many curves and angles that are not defined except in the drawings that become CNC code. It would likely take several months to reverse engineer these drawings and develop jigs without a CNC. Have a look here: Greene & Greene Style Fremont Bed – Darrell Peart – Furnituremaker

It is also highly likely that if Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene had the luxury of a CNC at their shop that they would have been far more prolific than they had been. 

 

[Von]

@bob houseofrossi - I'm delighted to hear my advice was helpful. I hope you continue to find this forum as useful as I have. We have a variety of perspectives and styles of approaching things and getting them done, and I'd like to think in general we're good at respecting the variety of ways of doing things.

Again, welcome.

[Mark J]

What Von said.