Bed Update

I’m making good progress on Sophie’s bed. My new saw, having the deck to work on and having built this design before all work together to make this job go more smoothly.

I’ve got all 4 bedposts made—they need only rounding of their edges and final sanding.


I’ve also reached the “got clamps” stage of assembly making the curved headboard cap.


This piece is made of 3, ¼ inch slats laminated together into a ¾-inch thick curved piece. Cutting the ¼ inch pieces gave me fits 2 years ago when I made the crib because I didn’t have a saw big enough or precise enough to do the job easily. This time around I had no issues. The saw cut the pieces properly and they were ready for gluing after only a light sanding. 2 years ago I spent hours planing and sanding the pieces because the saw didn’t cut items squarely.

The next step is cutting out the plywood sections for the head and footboards.