Haven’t had chance to post up progress on this before now but here’s the completion of the bunk bed.
I drilled the ladder rung holes at the pillar drill
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After which I eased all the edges on the legs with a 4mm bearing guided router cutter
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Before glue up I gave everything a good sanding which gave me a chance to used my latest workshop acquisition a Mirka sanding block with dust extraction, I’ve got to say I’m really impressed with it, using Abranet abrasive there was virtually no dust escaping.
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The ladder section glued & clamped
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The bed sections were dominoed at the corners with a strip of wood glued & dominoed on the bottom edge of the long rails for the slats to rest on, all the edges were again eased with the router & sanded
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Everything was then given two coats of Treatex hardwax oil then waxed with woodwax 22 applied with webrax & buffed
This afternoon I went & fitted the bed, the room is less than 6 foot square a cat would definitely have a headache, so it was a tad tight not only fitting it but also getting photos, these are the best I could manage with my phone
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The bottom slats are from the previous bed & were a slat short for the new bed so I need to run one out tomorrow but other than that it’s finished & most importantly a 3 & 6 year old are very happy indeed.
Thanks for looking.