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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

a walnut slab bed

the completed bed

3/24/2011 ... well be finishing up an interesting new bed project today or tomorrow. it started with an internet request and an inspiration photo. we offered a couple of photoshopped options and settled on using some local slabs i had bought from lathrops lumber, specialists in vermont wood, in bristol, vermont.

as is photo from the client ....

photoshop option #1 ... photos of the slabs we used in the end, cropped and floated behind the existing bed

option #2 ... wide planks glue up square and straight ... the more time you spend with photoshop, the more rewarding and handier it is ...

the actual slabs cropped and photoshpped into shape

heres the layout ... click it to see the details ..

the end result, in process ...

discovering the high and low points ...

having at it early on .. trevor is great with the power planer

deciding which way is up ... not that way ...

we added some butterflies ..

we needed quite a few ...

will fabricated the drawer boxes ...

glued them up ..

and made some drawers ...

and we erected a temporary timberstrand wall to lay out the french hooks that will hang the bed on the wall ... they will have to be drilled and screwed to the studs in on site, (florida). fortunately the client is a tradesman and undaunted by the process ... wrap up photos later ....

Monday, January 27, 2014

a 60 wide slab of claro walnut

well, we got a big one here. its going to aspen when its finished. this is the widest slab of claro walnut we have ever had ... it clocks in at 63" at the wide point ... after we trim it up a bit, it will be about 60" wide at both ends and about 8 long. it will have one of our new trapezoid bases. click the photos to enlarge them....

couple close ups of the rough slab here ... were working on it in my garage as were a little jammed up at the shop at the moment.

heres the cad drawing

will and trevor wheeled it out to the shade by the woodshed yesterday to begin the flattening process. fire up the makitas ...

the slab was astonishingly flat for something so wide ... a tribute to skip and norman at good hope hardwoods and their ability to dry this stuff so we can work it up. its truly amazing. that really is a four foot level there on the right end. the winding sticks are about 45" i think.

time ran out before they could completely smooth the face, but the bottom side is pretty much ready to sand and they should be able to finish this side today ... more later as we progress.

today we finished the rough smoothing of the top of the slab, did some rough sanding and mocked up the base with some 2 x 4s we had from when we picked it up at our friends loading dock.

just like this only in natural finish steel .. all for now