Todd Burch
10-18-2004, 2:22 PM
This was a quick project. I think I spent about 6 hours onsite, and probably a little over a day in the shop making everything ahead of time.
The client wanted a platform about 4' in the air so she could see her garden in the backyard from her bed. Raising a platform created a lot of space under the bed for storage. She wanted doors with character, so I used birdseye pine batten doors and she will milk paint them on her own.
The ladder was fun too. About a 12.5° angle off plumb to keep it close and tight to the bed. I used 1" thick by 5" wide poplar for the ladder. To cut the long angles where it meets the plywood, I cut with a jog saw proud of the line then handplaned to the line. Add a little wax to the bottom of a sharp #6 fore plane and it will just about fly out of your hands it is so slick!
I made the doors, the box frame, stop and outer frame and put them together as a unit. I installed them into the sheet plywood holes onsite. She will get faux iron strap hinges and an iron handle on her own.
I''ll take a final picture after she gets it painted and the carpet guy does his thing.
Thanks for looking. Todd
The client wanted a platform about 4' in the air so she could see her garden in the backyard from her bed. Raising a platform created a lot of space under the bed for storage. She wanted doors with character, so I used birdseye pine batten doors and she will milk paint them on her own.
The ladder was fun too. About a 12.5° angle off plumb to keep it close and tight to the bed. I used 1" thick by 5" wide poplar for the ladder. To cut the long angles where it meets the plywood, I cut with a jog saw proud of the line then handplaned to the line. Add a little wax to the bottom of a sharp #6 fore plane and it will just about fly out of your hands it is so slick!
I made the doors, the box frame, stop and outer frame and put them together as a unit. I installed them into the sheet plywood holes onsite. She will get faux iron strap hinges and an iron handle on her own.
I''ll take a final picture after she gets it painted and the carpet guy does his thing.
Thanks for looking. Todd