Pine Burlwood

[Ron Householder]

Some of the Lodgepole Pine burlwood that I have collected over the years. I glean this stuff while getting in the firewood.


Our two daughters have married and moved out, so we sold their twin beds that I had made for them.
Now, my wife thought it would be a good idea for me to make a queen size bed out of some of the pine burlwood for when they come home for visits. Sooooo, after about 2 weeks of work, I just finished building it. It needs about 4 coats of finish, then I will post some pics, of the finished bed.( in a couple of days)

Please do not look at all the dust :o

Thanks for looking,

Ron


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[Jim Becker]

Very nice stuff, Ron...I'm looking forward to pictures of the bed!

[Ron Householder]

I said that I would post pics of this queen size bed in a few days. Ended up having to put on six coats of polyurethane. One coat a day, so took longer than I thought it would.

I always have difficulty photographing this wood with a high gloss finish on it, also had a hard time with lighting in the cave I had to take the pics in.

Anyhow here are the pics.

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[Jon Bonham]

Wow, that is some very unusual wood. I've never seen anything like it before. Looks good.

[Ron Householder]

Thanks All

Heres one more picture of the shoulder joint that I use for the side rail/post connection. I call it a blind scribed mortise tenon joint. I make a rectangular tenon on the end of the side rail to avoid a swivel action.
( A 1/2 lag bolt throgh the post and into the end of the side rail makes it real snug. )

I use the same kind of joint for the four cross pieces that connect with the posts, except using a 2" round tenon.

I have made over 20 beds and have never owned a regular tenon cutter. I just use a hole saw on the ends of the verts for a guide, then fiddle whittle the tenons down with a chainsaw, angle grinder, and orbital sander until they fit in the 1 1/2" holes.

Going to have to get a tenon cutter someday.

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[Jeff Wittrock]

That is absolutely beautiful!

It's enough to make me want to go wandering through the woods to see what I can find.

-Jeff