Hey Stoutman,
That bed brought good and bad comments from my wife. The good is I
don't have to make the canopy bed I was planning. Yours is beautiful
and that's what she wants. The bad comments are why it took you 14
days to make this and why my projects are measured in months. Thanks
for such great inspiration.
By the way, cab you elaborate on your comment quoted here?
"When routing from a template use both a top and bottom bearing
pattern bit so you don't have to climb up grain when routing. All you
have to do is flip the work over and change bits."
I really do not understand the grain climbing you refer to. Thanks
again,
Marc
>
> > Thanks for such great inspiration.
>
> Let me know if you would like the measurements.
Yes, I would really appreciate measurements. I have a queen size bed
so I can adapt them to my needs. Thanks again,
Marc ([email protected])
On Feb 23, 10:17 pm, "Stoutman" <.@.> wrote:
> "marc rosen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
>
> >> > Thanks for such great inspiration.
>
> >> Let me know if you would like the measurements.
>
> > Yes, I would really appreciate measurements. I have a queen size bed
> > so I can adapt them to my needs. Thanks again,
>
> I posted measurements for ya on my website. Let me know if you have any
> questions.
Thank you again! I will check them out tonight after cleaning up and
adding additional wiring in my shop.
Marc
On Feb 23, 6:27 pm, "Stoutman" <.@.> wrote:
> For those following along in the saga, I finally finished my Stickley style
> walnut bed.
>
> Let me know what you think. It is a little hard to see, but there are
> corbels in each post inside corner.
>
> http://www.garagewoodworks.com/Ellis_Mission_Bed.htm
>
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*Tip-O-The-Hat*
Downright fabulous!
But man, why would you spend such time and effort on somethine that is in a
room where the lights are off most of the time??
Seriously, nicely done.
"Stoutman" <.@.> wrote in message
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>
> "marc rosen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> >
>>> > Thanks for such great inspiration.
>>>
>>> Let me know if you would like the measurements.
>>
>> Yes, I would really appreciate measurements. I have a queen size bed
>> so I can adapt them to my needs. Thanks again,
>
> I posted measurements for ya on my website. Let me know if you have any
> questions.
>
>
>
Stoutman wrote:
> For those following along in the saga, I finally finished my Stickley style
> walnut bed.
>
> Let me know what you think. It is a little hard to see, but there are
> corbels in each post inside corner.
>
> http://www.garagewoodworks.com/Ellis_Mission_Bed.htm
>
I showed your partially-done pics to my wife. I don't think she could
visualize what was in the offing. Wait until she sees THESE pics!
Excellent job, excellent job.
Just because I'm likely to need to know this number pretty soon ...
about how much (estimate, please) do you think the materials set you back?
Bill
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Stoutman wrote:
>> I showed your partially-done pics to my wife. I don't think she could
>> visualize what was in the offing. Wait until she sees THESE pics!
>> Excellent job, excellent job.
>
> Thank you!
>
>> Just because I'm likely to need to know this number pretty soon ... about
>> how much (estimate, please) do you think the materials set you back?
>
> All of the walnut cost me around $750 (the slats that support the box
> spring are poplar). I bought mostly 8/4 for the rails
> and 12/4 for the posts and some 4/4 walnut.
>
I'm pretty certain my wife would prefer (salvaged) poplar with a nice
stain. ;-)
Bill
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On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:27:18 -0500, "Stoutman" <.@.> wrote:
>For those following along in the saga, I finally finished my Stickley style
>walnut bed.
>
>Let me know what you think. It is a little hard to see, but there are
>corbels in each post inside corner.
>
>http://www.garagewoodworks.com/Ellis_Mission_Bed.htm
Looks great! Congrats.
-Leuf
> Hey Stoutman,
> That bed brought good and bad comments from my wife. The good is I
> don't have to make the canopy bed I was planning. Yours is beautiful
> and that's what she wants. The bad comments are why it took you 14
> days to make this and why my projects are measured in months.
I actually started working on it on 2/3, so it took me 3-weeks to complete.
i don't think it matters how long it takes you, just as long as you are
happy with the results and you learned stuff along the way! :)
I learned a bunch on this project. One of the biggest things I learned was
that I desperately NEED a dust collector. I cleaned out my woodshop a
couple of times with a snow shovel. Yeah, that's right, a snow shovel. ;)
> Thanks for such great inspiration.
Let me know if you would like the measurements.
> By the way, cab you elaborate on your comment quoted here?
>
> "When routing from a template use both a top and bottom bearing
> pattern bit so you don't have to climb up grain when routing. All you
> have to do is flip the work over and change bits."
This tip came from the rec. The grain climbing I am referring to is when
using a pattern bit in the router table on a curve. The grain will switch
directions as you travel the curve. If you are not careful, you will end up
with a lot of chip-out when going up-grain. This has to do with the
direction the bit is spinning. I am probably not explaining this too well,
maybe someone else can take a crack at it.
Thanks for looking!
>
> I really do not understand the grain climbing you refer to. Thanks
> again,
>
> Marc
>
Very nice...Congrats
Allen
"Stoutman" <.@.> wrote in message
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> For those following along in the saga, I finally finished my Stickley
> style walnut bed.
>
> Let me know what you think. It is a little hard to see, but there are
> corbels in each post inside corner.
>
> http://www.garagewoodworks.com/Ellis_Mission_Bed.htm
>
> --
> Stoutman
> www.garagewoodworks.com
>
>
"marc rosen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >
>> > Thanks for such great inspiration.
>>
>> Let me know if you would like the measurements.
>
> Yes, I would really appreciate measurements. I have a queen size bed
> so I can adapt them to my needs. Thanks again,
I posted measurements for ya on my website. Let me know if you have any
questions.
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"Doug Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> But man, why would you spend such time and effort on somethine that is in
> a room where the lights are off most of the time??
You don't know my wife. She leaves 'all' the lights on in the house 'all'
the time.
"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" <mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Stoutman wrote:
>> For those following along in the saga, I finally finished my Stickley
>> style
>> walnut bed.
>> http://www.garagewoodworks.com/Ellis_Mission_Bed.htm
>
>
> Now that is nice.
Thank you Mortimer.
> I showed your partially-done pics to my wife. I don't think she could
> visualize what was in the offing. Wait until she sees THESE pics!
> Excellent job, excellent job.
Thank you!
> Just because I'm likely to need to know this number pretty soon ... about
> how much (estimate, please) do you think the materials set you back?
All of the walnut cost me around $750 (the slats that support the box
spring are poplar). I bought mostly 8/4 for the rails
and 12/4 for the posts and some 4/4 walnut.
>
> Bill
>
> --
> I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is
> worth a **** unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him
> really know what he's talking about.
>
> H. P. Lovecraft
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> Nice to look at but can it take the strain of "physically active
> couple" with a combined weight of, say, 300lbs? :>)
I don't know yet. The most action it has seen thus far, is my 4-year old
son jumping up and down on it. :)
That is a seriously cool bed... you do realise you have made my life a
misery! the first thing my wife said " why can't you make me one like that "
job well done!
Eddie.
"Stoutman" <.@.> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> For those following along in the saga, I finally finished my Stickley
> style walnut bed.
>
> Let me know what you think. It is a little hard to see, but there are
> corbels in each post inside corner.
>
> http://www.garagewoodworks.com/Ellis_Mission_Bed.htm
>
> --
> Stoutman
> www.garagewoodworks.com
>
>
> That is a seriously cool bed... you do realise you have made my life a
> misery! the first thing my wife said " why can't you make me one like that
> "
> job well done!
> Eddie.
Thank you, and sorry ;) I put the measurements on my website if you want
to use them. They are largely based on the Stickley bed designed by Harvey
Ellis.
Thanks again!
Stoutman wrote:
> For those following along in the saga, I finally finished my Stickley style
> walnut bed.
>
> Let me know what you think. It is a little hard to see, but there are
> corbels in each post inside corner.
>
> http://www.garagewoodworks.com/Ellis_Mission_Bed.htm
>
I don't follow the rec as much as I should, so I'm a bit later with
seeing your project finished.
However, it's gorgeous as Swingman said. I'm in awe and have great
admiration for you having completed a lovely piece of furniture.
Tanus
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Nice! Must've taken hours and hours just deciding how you'd
cut up your raw stock to get the grain flow and coherency
for your bed. Then you have to keep track of parts orientation
for all those carefully selected parts - the "non-show face"
- for some reason - seem to be either "not so pretty" or
will obviously look out of place in the finished piece. I'm betting
there was a LOT of Measure Twice, Cut Once and that there
were chalk marks on every part which were checked before
making the next cut. That alone warrants a Well Done! The
glue up must have been "challenging". Did you chamfer the
ends of the tenons and the top of the mortises to make their
alignment at glue up time a little easier?
Nice thing about M&T joints is that their self aligning - things
that are supposed to be square almost automatically become
square at the joint closes. Did you check for square anyway
-just to make sure?
Looking at the picture Tall Tenons immediately brought the
Festool DOMINO to mind. A&C, G&G, Stickley designs use
mortise and tenon joints in copious quantities. Cutting all
those mortises and all those tenons - accurately and consistently
must be real fun - or a real PITA.
Now I never met either of the Greene brothers or anyone from
the Hall shop (the folks who actually made the things the G&G
brothers thought up), nor Mr. Stickley - but I suspect that they
would have been quite comfortable with loose tenon mortise and
tenon joints - if they could be done more efficiently than true
M&T joints, while maintaining the strength of said joint. And I'm
sure the Hall shop would have snapped up the DOMINO and put it
to use in a New York Minute.
Anyway - it's a nice piece that will serve you well for a lifetime
- and then some.
charlie b
Nice to look at but can it take the strain of "physically active
couple" with a combined weight of, say, 300lbs? :>)
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:27:18 -0500, "Stoutman" <.@.> wrote:
>For those following along in the saga, I finally finished my Stickley style
>walnut bed.
>
>Let me know what you think. It is a little hard to see, but there are
>corbels in each post inside corner.
>
>http://www.garagewoodworks.com/Ellis_Mission_Bed.htm
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:27:18 -0500, "Stoutman" <.@.> wrote:
>For those following along in the saga, I finally finished my Stickley style
>walnut bed.
>
>Let me know what you think. It is a little hard to see, but there are
>corbels in each post inside corner.
>
>http://www.garagewoodworks.com/Ellis_Mission_Bed.htm
Nice job. I've a couple of beds in the future to replace those kid
beds (they have left the nest). I'm inspired to choose your design
for one.
Frank
"Stoutman" <.@.> wrote in message
> For those following along in the saga, I finally finished my Stickley
style
> walnut bed.
>
> Let me know what you think. It is a little hard to see, but there are
> corbels in each post inside corner.
>
> http://www.garagewoodworks.com/Ellis_Mission_Bed.htm
Absolutely gorgeous! You're gonna be proud of that for years to come.
Congratulations on a job well done.
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