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Maple and cherry trundle bed

comments (4) October 30th, 2008 in Reader's Gallery

DougGF Doug Fowler, contributor
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The trundle bed is constructed from maple using cherry panels.  The frames for the head and foot boards are solid birds-eye maple.  The top rails are steam-bent.  The bed slats are dove-tailed keyed to prevent movement. 


Design or Plan used: My own design
posted in: Reader's Gallery, cherry, maple, frame and panel, bed, steam bending
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the_maine_guy the_maine_guy writes: Doug,
are the dimensions available for this project? Do you have any drawings and picture of progress for the bed? We have been asked to make a similar bed for our granddaughter.

Thanks
Bob
Posted: 3:11 pm on March 6th

the_maine_guy the_maine_guy writes: Doug,
excellent project, was this a design of of your own or are there plans available? What did you use for a steam tube?
Posted: 3:59 pm on December 29th

DougGF DougGF writes: Jason, sorry for the delay in responding.

I ripped the 3/4 thick birds-eye boards into 7/8" thick strips marking them to keep the general grain pattern of the original board, steam-bent them and then glued them up in a clamping form using a fairly fast epoxy.

Once the boards set I cut the end tenons where they join with the posts and routed a 3/8 slot for the cherry panels and the tenons for the stiles. I used my RA with a dado blade to then cut the tenons. The hardest part, for me, was shaping the tenons on the stiles where they join the top rail since they have a slight curve. After a few failed attempts I decided to first shape the end on the stiles to fit the curve and then used a floating tenon.

The cap rail on the head and foot board is steam-bent cherry. This was my first effort at steam-bending and it was a great learning experience.

Doug
Posted: 9:29 am on November 7th

JasonT JasonT writes: is that bent part on top a lamination? How did you attach it?
Posted: 9:42 pm on November 3rd

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