11/4/2016 This is the final chapter in the series on building my daughter a bed from mostly reclaimed wood using Japanese joinery. You can find the previous chapters here (part 1) and here (part 2). As you might remember we only have the headboard left to do. Aoife’s has been using the actual bed since … Continue reading Aoife’s bed – part 3 →

31/3/2016 Part one in this thrilling series can be found here. The rabbet/rebate where the slats will be fastened to the long rails were cut on the table saw and cleaned up using my no. 78 Stanley rabbet plane. As you can probably deduct, I found this particular plane in a dilapidated state without a … Continue reading Aoife’s bed – part 2 →

7/3/2016 As you can well imagine, the whole ordeal with our daughter forced us to reassess a few things. One of the less significant byproducts of this process was that I moved her bed to the top of my to-do list. We bought a typical crappy yet expensive (for what you are getting) pine bed … Continue reading Aoife’s bed – part 1 →