The mortise the merrier!
- LittleBill
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The mortise the merrier!
Since I haven't had much to post in the way of pipes yet, I thought I would post another of the other things that comes out of my shop, and there are LOTS of mortises. Hence, the title of this post. In between jobs for other people I was asked by my middle daughter to build a couple of beds for my two oldest grandsons. We settled on a Mission style for strength and durability. These boys are rough on everything already, and they are still really little. Below are some process pictures I took with my cell phone, while the finished pictures were done by my oldest daughter, the aunt of the boys who received the beds.
Slats. There were lots of slats, 20 to be exact. Each slat had two mortises in each end to receive loose tenons. There were corresponding mortises in the rails. Total mortises were 160 for the slats.
Here is a shot of the headboards assembled and stained, waiting for their first coat of boiled linseed oil. Mortises for loose tenons were of the "big whomping" kind, 10mm x 100mm, and a total of 64 for both beds.
Then there were the mortises for the hardware for the rails. These were double mortises, one done on the drill press, and the second with the router. Add in eight more for each bed, for a total of 16.
That makes 240 mortises all together cut with four different machines. I am emphasizing the mortises since that is a big part of making a pipe as well, although there is only one mortise to worry about per pipe.
Below are the pictures my daughter the photographer took for me once they were delivered, which happened on my way out to Premal's place back in March. Everyone loves them, and hopefully by the time the boys are big enough to break them, they will be old enough to know better. Thanks for taking a look.
Slats. There were lots of slats, 20 to be exact. Each slat had two mortises in each end to receive loose tenons. There were corresponding mortises in the rails. Total mortises were 160 for the slats.
Here is a shot of the headboards assembled and stained, waiting for their first coat of boiled linseed oil. Mortises for loose tenons were of the "big whomping" kind, 10mm x 100mm, and a total of 64 for both beds.
Then there were the mortises for the hardware for the rails. These were double mortises, one done on the drill press, and the second with the router. Add in eight more for each bed, for a total of 16.
That makes 240 mortises all together cut with four different machines. I am emphasizing the mortises since that is a big part of making a pipe as well, although there is only one mortise to worry about per pipe.
Below are the pictures my daughter the photographer took for me once they were delivered, which happened on my way out to Premal's place back in March. Everyone loves them, and hopefully by the time the boys are big enough to break them, they will be old enough to know better. Thanks for taking a look.
Re: The mortise the merrier!
Judging by the size of the door, those kids must be huge !
Great work Bill!
Great work Bill!
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It runs in his family, Ryan. Little Bill makes you look like a midget.Alden wrote:Judging by the size of the door, those kids must be huge !
UFOs must be real. There's no other explanation for cats.
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I can vouch for what George says. Little Bill is a giant of a man. You should see his blue ox.
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Beautiful beds. Nice work.
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Those beds make both me AND my daughter jealous as hell!
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In my book Gustav Stickley was a genius. Great job done by you in his name.
Chas.
Chas.
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Thanks for the kind words guys.
Ryan, I did not even look at it from that perspective, but you have a point there. They should put a little door knob on to complete the illusion.Alden wrote:Judging by the size of the door, those kids must be huge !
Great work Bill!
Chas, I love simple lines, and he was a master at it. Thank you. I drew this up from looking at pictures of what others had done, but as a wise man once said, there is nothing new under the sun.oklahoma red wrote:In my book Gustav Stickley was a genius. Great job done by you in his name.
Chas.
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Those are lovely, Bill!
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Thank you David! Now if I can just get that to transfer...
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Great work!
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- LittleBill
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Those beds are nice, but that Festool green makes me absolutely drool. How's about some more green koolaid pics.