TimberKing Sawmills



Please visit this sponsor

The Largest Inventory of Used Chainsaw Parts in the World

Toll Free 1-800-582-0470

LogRite Tools

Lucas Sawmills

Forest Products Industry Insurance

Norwood Industries Inc.

Eggimann Motor and Equipment Sales Inc.

Sawmill & Woodlot Magazine

Wood-Mizer Band Blades

Carolina Machinery Sales is a machinery dealer that specializes in the Wood Processing Industry.

Wood Processing equpment. Splitters, Processors, Conveyors

Your source for Portable Sawmills, Edgers, Resaws, Sharpeners, Setters, Bandsaw Blades and Sawmill Parts

Portable Sawmill and Planers Made by Logosol.

EZ Boardwalk Sawmills. More Saw For Less Money!

STIHLDealers.com sponsored by Northeast STIHL

Lawn-Gardening-Tools.com

Hutto Wood Products

Woodland Sawmills

Margeson Insurance

Forestry Forum Tool Box
« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2 ... 6   Go Down

Author Topic: Log Bed from da U.P. woods  (Read 8371 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Jeff

  • Lead Administrator
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 33562
  • Age: 50
  • Location: Harrison MI
  • Gender: Male
    • THEE Forestry Forum
Log Bed from da U.P. woods
« on: September 07, 2009, 09:08:09 am »
I had a long detailed post here, but lost it with my phone connection. I'll give it another but more abbreviated go but copy it before hitting post.

I Decided to use some of the blow downs on my property to try and build a log bed. I don't have a lot of tools up here so have been getting by with stuff on hand like hatchets chainsaws and hammers. Couldnt even find a ratchet strap, so a rope and a hammer to twist it up suffices for that.   Here are some photos of what I have so far.  Today I'm going in search of parts that want to be the foot board as I have the headboard pretty much completed.

 

























Logged
The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. Winston Churchill.
Forestry Forum Founder and Chief Bottle Washer.

Offline Jeff

  • Lead Administrator
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 33562
  • Age: 50
  • Location: Harrison MI
  • Gender: Male
    • THEE Forestry Forum
Re: Log Bed fron da U.P. woods
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2009, 09:10:07 am »
Here is a short vid clip I took descriping my rudamentary tenons.

 
Logged
The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. Winston Churchill.
Forestry Forum Founder and Chief Bottle Washer.

Offline ronwood

  • Senior Member x2
  • *****
  • Posts: 1031
  • Age: 54
  • Location: Warrenton, Mo.
  • Gender: Male
  • Enjoy Making Sawdust !!
Re: Log Bed from da U.P. woods
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2009, 09:47:08 am »
looks good Jeff!!
Logged
Sawing part time mostly urban logs -St. Louis/Warrenton, Mo.
LT40HG25 Woodmizer Sawmill
LX885 New Holland Skidsteer

Offline inspectorwoody

  • Senior Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 629
  • Age: 29
  • Location: Jesup, Iowa
  • Gender: Male
    • Wieland and Sons Lumber Compan
Re: Log Bed from da U.P. woods
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2009, 09:48:03 am »
That is neat Jeff!  8)

Logged
Lumber Inspector, Wieland and Sons Lumber Co., Winthrop,IA

Offline Raider Bill

  • Senior Member x2
  • *****
  • Posts: 4061
  • Age: 58
  • Location: Tampa/St Pete /Tellico Plains, Tenn
  • Gender: Male
  • Who will pull the wagon when everyone rides?
    • Florida Inspection Associates
Re: Log Bed from da U.P. woods
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2009, 10:04:04 am »
Jeff,

You and several others here never cease to amaze me how you see then build these things.

Some people have it some don't. I don't.

Great Job!
Logged
Kubota L-4200, Chainsaw, Bush Hog, and 85 acres of trees I'm not sure what to do with but I sure do have fun!
The First 40 years of childhood is always the hardest.

Offline metalspinner

  • Senior Member x2
  • *****
  • Posts: 3181
  • Location: Maryville, TN
  • Gender: Male
Re: Log Bed from da U.P. woods
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2009, 10:20:09 am »
Those buttressed feet look really neat. 
Can't wait to see your progress.
Logged
I do what the little voices in my wife's head tell me to do.

Offline Norm

  • Senior Member x2
  • *****
  • Posts: 6778
  • Age: 55
  • Location: Bangor, IA
  • Gender: Male
  • What's for supper!
Re: Log Bed from da U.P. woods
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2009, 10:34:26 am »
You and me too Bill.

Looks great Jeff. :)

Logged
WM LT30HDD-E25

Offline Sprucegum

  • Senior Member x2
  • *****
  • Posts: 1563
  • Age: 63
  • Location: On the Beaver River, Alberta
  • Gender: Male
Re: Log Bed from da U.P. woods
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2009, 10:51:08 am »
I like the buttresss feet too. Is that queen size or regular?
Logged

Offline Jeff

  • Lead Administrator
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 33562
  • Age: 50
  • Location: Harrison MI
  • Gender: Male
    • THEE Forestry Forum
Re: Log Bed from da U.P. woods
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2009, 11:00:33 am »
Queen if things go right. :D
Logged
The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. Winston Churchill.
Forestry Forum Founder and Chief Bottle Washer.

Offline Raider Bill

  • Senior Member x2
  • *****
  • Posts: 4061
  • Age: 58
  • Location: Tampa/St Pete /Tellico Plains, Tenn
  • Gender: Male
  • Who will pull the wagon when everyone rides?
    • Florida Inspection Associates
Re: Log Bed from da U.P. woods
« Reply #9 on: September 07, 2009, 12:40:04 pm »
Quote from: Norm on September 07, 2009, 10:34:26 am
You and me too Bill.

Looks great Jeff. :)
I'd look at the curved one and see bonfire wood. Jeff sees head board.
Logged
Kubota L-4200, Chainsaw, Bush Hog, and 85 acres of trees I'm not sure what to do with but I sure do have fun!
The First 40 years of childhood is always the hardest.

Offline fishpharmer

  • Senior Member x2
  • *****
  • Posts: 3189
  • Location: Mississippi
  • Gender: Male
Re: Log Bed from da U.P. woods
« Reply #10 on: September 07, 2009, 01:33:33 pm »
Jeff,
Hey buddy, very cool, that takes some "vision".  Guess that makes you a "visionary".


It most certainly was visionary to create forestry forum 8) 8)






Logged
I built my own band mill with the help of Forestry Forum.

Offline sprucebunny

  • Senior Member x2
  • *****
  • Posts: 2737
  • Age: 58
  • Location: Northern NH
  • Gender: Female
Re: Log Bed from da U.P. woods
« Reply #11 on: September 07, 2009, 03:46:24 pm »
Cool  8) 8)

I love the feet ! I'll bet you have a lamp that matches  :D

Might want to add a twig or two to keep your pillows from escaping ???

I'll be interested in how you hold the rest together ? Gonna put a dowel thru the joints ?
Logged
Twin Stihl MS180s, MS210 and an 026  Weeding and Thinning. Gilbert Champion sawmill

Offline Jeff

  • Lead Administrator
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 33562
  • Age: 50
  • Location: Harrison MI
  • Gender: Male
    • THEE Forestry Forum
Re: Log Bed from da U.P. woods
« Reply #12 on: September 07, 2009, 06:11:02 pm »
Joan, I'll have ta letcha know as I do it, cause I dont have plan one. Just wingin it.  :)

Here is what I found today towards the foot board. No buttresses on the footboard posts as they are the parts of the tree that grew above the headboard posts. :)

 


Figureing it out


I have one more arched piece I want to put on the footboard yet.
Logged
The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. Winston Churchill.
Forestry Forum Founder and Chief Bottle Washer.

Offline Don K

  • Senior Member x2
  • *****
  • Posts: 1628
  • Age: 47
  • Location: Thomasville, Alabama
  • Gender: Male
  • wanna lick some wood??
Re: Log Bed from da U.P. woods
« Reply #13 on: September 07, 2009, 11:42:02 pm »
That is going to be real nice Jeff.

Don
Logged
Lucky to own a WM LT40HDD35, blessed to have a wife that encouraged me to buy it.     Now that\'s true love!
Massey Ferguson 1547 FWD with FEL  06 GMC Sierra 2500HD 4X4 Dozer Retriever Husky 359 20\" Bar  Man, life is getting good!

Offline SwampDonkey

  • Forester
  • *
  • Posts: 27686
  • Age: 44
  • Location: Centreville, NB
  • Gender: Male
  • Large Tooth
Re: Log Bed from da U.P. woods
« Reply #14 on: September 08, 2009, 04:26:24 am »
Well that'll give ya a good night's sleep. Easier on the bones than the floor.  ;D Now, whose gonna make the feather tic and pillows from some nuisance geese? ;D Your already working on the bear rug, just need to pull the trigger on one of those pet bear. ;)

Bed looks great. I agree those buttressed feet look nice. Cedar smells nice to, until you put a finish on.

I saw a rugged bed a couple years ago, where some one carved it out to look like fiddle heads on the bed posts. He had a lot of other detail to. It was for sale, but too rich for the local folk. Too sophisticated for most folks that do well with an iron bed frame. ;) I'll take one of those cedar beds though.  8)
Logged

Pre-commercial thinning pays off. :)
'If she wants to play lumberjack, she's going to have to learn to handle her end of the log.'
Dirty Harry

Offline WDH

  • Forester
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 11088
  • Age: 58
  • Location: Perry, GA
  • Gender: Male
  • April 1998 - August 2008
Re: Log Bed from da U.P. woods
« Reply #15 on: September 08, 2009, 09:09:07 am »
I love all the stylistic curves from the curved buttress on the head posts to the curves in the rails on the headboard and footboard.  It isn't just that the bed is made from logs, which could look clunky, it is the flowing style that gives it artistic class.  Wow!
Logged
Woodmizer LT15, John Deere 2155, Kubota M5640SU and a passion for all things wood.

Offline beenthere

  • Senior Member x2
  • *****
  • Posts: 14171
  • Location: Southern Wisconsin
  • Gender: Male
  • EIEIO
Re: Log Bed from da U.P. woods
« Reply #16 on: September 08, 2009, 10:49:28 am »
Quote from: WDH on September 08, 2009, 09:09:07 am
I love all the stylistic curves from the curved buttress on the head posts to the curves in the rails on the headboard and footboard.  It isn't just that the bed is made from logs, which could look clunky, it is the flowing style that gives it artistic class.  Wow!

Talk about visionary. Wow, now WDH has it too.    ;D ;D ;D

Looking good, and productive while bear training is happening.
Logged
south central Wisconsin
 It may be that my sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others

Offline DWM II

  • Senior Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 582
  • Age: 38
  • Location: Denham Springs, Louisiana
  • Gender: Male
Re: Log Bed from da U.P. woods
« Reply #17 on: September 08, 2009, 01:26:51 pm »
How could you be more proud of the out come? I dont believe I could do better with a shop that has 100,000 worth of equipment. Good show Jeff. Your great grandchildren will enjoy sleeping in that bed as well.
Logged
Stewardship Counts!

Offline Jeff

  • Lead Administrator
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 33562
  • Age: 50
  • Location: Harrison MI
  • Gender: Male
    • THEE Forestry Forum
Re: Log Bed from da U.P. woods
« Reply #18 on: September 08, 2009, 05:32:41 pm »
 Well, I think they look ok together. They were built on separate ends of the cabin sidewalk, and this was the first they were brought together.







Logged
The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. Winston Churchill.
Forestry Forum Founder and Chief Bottle Washer.

Offline Jeff

  • Lead Administrator
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 33562
  • Age: 50
  • Location: Harrison MI
  • Gender: Male
    • THEE Forestry Forum
Re: Log Bed from da U.P. woods
« Reply #19 on: September 08, 2009, 06:17:50 pm »
A Video view

Logged
The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. Winston Churchill.
Forestry Forum Founder and Chief Bottle Washer.
Pages: [1] 2 ... 6   Go Up
« previous next »
 

Testing New Bottom Sponsor Area

Saw Anywhere!