Fine Woodworking

Beds

Designer’s Notebook: Scandinavian-style platform bed

September 29, 2020

Blending the traditional four-post bed design with that of the modern platform bed, Peter Lutz designed an elegant bed with an elevated base, angled headboard, and turned legs set in from the corners.
Build a contemporary pencil-post bed

April 6, 2020

Jeremy Zietz gives this Shaker classic new panache with tapered facets, beveled cutouts, and ebonized ash.
Mortising the ends of long boards

April 2, 2018

Whether it's for bed hardware or floating tenons, mortising long boards isn't easy
Contemporary Arts and Crafts Bed

March 20, 2018

Updated design combines solid walnut with veneered panels
Ep 13: Assembly

September 14, 2017

In the conclusion on this video workshop, Kevin puts on a show tackling a very difficult glue-up solo, and finishing it all of by assembling the bed with specialty bed hardware.
Ep 7: Routing the Channels

August 3, 2017

Armed with the perfect templates, Kevin starts routing the inlay channels on the complex headboard inlay
Ep 6: Inlay Prep — Creating the Banding and Templates

July 27, 2017

In this episode, Kevin gets started on the inlay by making banding out of maple, and most importantly, creating the templates that will be used throughout the inlay process
Ep 5: Bed Panels & Rails

July 20, 2017

In this episode, Kevin adds the tenons to the bed panels and side rails using the tablesaw and bandsaw
Ep 3: Headboard & Footboard Rails

July 6, 2017

In this episode, Kevin makes the template he’ll use to curve the top rails, cuts mortises in the rails, puts tenons on the end, and finally adds the curves using the bandsaw and router
Ep 2: Shaping the bed posts

June 29, 2017

After cutting the mortises on a hollow-chisel mortiser, Kevin shapes the posts of this bed using a bandsaw, sander, and block plane

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