Videos in the Series

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  Ep 1: Introduction to Kevin Rodel’s Arts and Crafts Bed

  June 29, 2017

  Designed after a four-post bed by Gustav Stickley, this queen-size version features a Glasgow-style inlay and can be adapted to suit any mattress height. The construction is mortise-and-tenon, the posts…

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  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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  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

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  Ep 4: Pierced Cutouts and Carved Relief

  July 13, 2017

  Kevin uses a jigsaw, router and templates to make the cutout and relieved areas of the headboard. Then he adds a beautiful carved texture to the relieved area using a gouge.

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  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

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  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

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  Ep 7: Routing the Channels

  August 3, 2017

  Armed with the perfect templates, Kevin starts routing the inlay channels on the complex headboard inlay

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  Ep 8: Curved Inlay

  August 10, 2017

  In this episode, Kevin inlays the curved banding and finishes off the straight sections of the main panel

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  Ep 9: Completing the Stringing

  August 16, 2017

  Kevin completes the stringing by adding the vertical stems and the 1/4-in horizontal base

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  Ep 10: Inlaid Spades

  August 24, 2017

  In this episode, Kevin starts the process of the spade and heart inlay by creating a veneer "sandwich", cutting out the spade inserts, and finally creating the pocket to receive the inserts.

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  Ep 11: Inlaid Hearts

  August 31, 2017

  In this episode, Kevin starts the continues the inlay cutting out the heart inserts.

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  Ep 12: Pewter Inserts

  September 7, 2017

  In this episode, Kevin finishes off the inlay by adding the pewter inserts, scraping and sanding them just like wood

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  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.