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J Kulstad Storage Bed V2

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Here is my second bed frame from the same plans. Since I have alreadydocumented the process once, this will focus on the changes that I made.

Please check out the design from Knock-off Wood… Ana White’s website isamazing.

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This time around, I used A/A grade, oak-veneered PureBond plywood (containsno formaldehyde in the adhesive) and oak trim. This enabled me to stain the finalproduct to match the rest of my furniture.

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Raw Materials:

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Starting off with the raw materials… Here you can see the plywood cut andstacked:

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Construction:

Here are the bench sections being glued and brad-nailed. I constructed atemplate for the tricky sections so that everything would be aligned (the bench isupside-down in this photo):

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 A small modification was made to reinforce the bottom corners with a short 2×2.

Later you can see the rubber feet attached to this portion of the frame (note theexcessive glue):

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Two of the three benches upside-down and ready for trim:

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Breathe:

Once all three benches were trimmed-out, and the center-support wasassembled, the parts were aligned so that slots could be cut into the top for themattress to “breathe”:

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Holes were cut in a grid pattern to created corners for the slots:

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Slots were then finished with a circular saw, and rounded off with a trim-router.

This was a very tedious process. Unfortunately, it was also deemed unnecessaryonce we decided on a foam-based mattress. FWIW, the slots make it mucheasier for a person to carry and assemble the pieces without assistance (thispicture shows the center section over a 2×2 frame):

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Staining:

 A simple, one-step Minwax (stain/polyurethane) product was used on the partsthat will not be seen once assembled. Many woodworkers are dismissive of thestuff, but I was happy as long as I didn’t get my hopes too high, and treated itmore like paint. Yes, I just slathered it on with a brush and did my best to avoidthe trim.

For the parts that would be seen (oak trim and sides of the foot bench), a three-part system was used: Analine dye, wiping stain, and then a polyurethane finish.This produced a nice result, although application errors with the poly led to a lossin the depth of the ebony color… oh well.

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Detail:

 After a ton of sanding and staining, small rubber feet were attached to the bottomcorners to protect both the benches and the floor:

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Now inside: Here is a close-up of the pine 2×2 frame holding up the center section:

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Screws were then used to hold all of the pieces together. In this shot you can see

the that the finish from the one-step stain is OK, but not great:

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Here you can see all of the benches and the center-support aligned with the

headboard:

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 And here is a close-up of the oak trim. It is difficult to tell in the pictures, but the

depth of the grain in the trim is much better where the three-part staining processwas used:

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Unfortunately, the new mattress required a continuous support surface, so I had

to cover the slots with 1/4″ lauan plywood! Approx. 1/2″ of the oak trim remainsabove the surface to prevent “mattress drift”:

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Finished:

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Fin.

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