Bunk Beds, Day 2

23 June 2013

Today was a work day. After realizing the 2x4/2x6 mishap on Sunday, I didn't think that changing the post sizes would change some of my other measurements as well. I decided that I'd just cut all of the parts for the ends of the beds and then measure/cut everything else to fit. 

I was able to get all of the parts cut to length for the ends using my miter saw and then used a jig saw to cut the bevels for the head/footboards.

I cleaned up the bevels with a #4 Groz plane. After the bevel cleaning I chamfered all of the edges with a router.

I thought that my next order of business would be to sand everything to 220 before really getting down to the construction part. Unfortunately the wood was for the most part too wet still to sand. 

This is an explanation of why I changed method and the method to which I went. Here's an explanation of my process. 

Plane Shavings from the First Day of Planing

At the end of the day (10:45 PM) I had cut all of the end pieces to length, chamfered everything I needed to and planed about 60% of the boards. Tomorrow, tackle the rest of the ends.