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Building a Log Bed (Part two)... 11/14/2011
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Here are some images of the completed headboard and footboard.
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Building a log bed (Part 1)... 10/24/2011
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This past weekend I started a project to build a king-size bed frame from logs I cut on my property. I designed the bed for a Tempur-Pedic mattress so I'm incorporating the foundation as part of the bed. I cut the posts and sticks for the headboard and footboard from standing dead white pine (very dry). The foundation is made from 2" x 6" lumber and plywood. Everything is glued to make it strong. I carved finials on the posts... I'm trying to create a Southwestern feel.

Here are a few pictures of my progress so far.
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Tiled top coffee table... 10/20/2011
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I made this table out of tiles that were given to me and four old stove legs. The frame is made from 2 by 4s with a plywood top. I used burned oak boards to finish off the sides (no fake stains here). Using a garden torch hooked to a propane tank, I burned the oak and then went over it with steel wool. It makes a nice rice 100 year old finish.
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Two primitive slab tables... 10/20/2011
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Here's a couple of pictures of two slab tables I made recently. They still need to be finished but I think they turned out pretty well. They were very easy to make. I took some old slab pine I had laying around for the top and I used dried and stripped birch sticks for the legs. I used a special tool for my drill that looks like a pencil sharpener to cut the 3/4" tenons on the legs that fit into the angled holes in the table top. I split the ends of the tenons so I could hammer in wooden wedges from the top to make the legs fit tightly. Keep in mind that you have to use really dry wood for the legs because green or damp wood will shrink when it dries and the whole table will become loose and wobbly.

I'll post pictures of the finished tables soon along with detail pics when I build another one.
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