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Momogari Carpentry
Posted: 07 Dec 2019, 18:06
by Momogari
I'm going to change this post to collect carpentry projects so that I can pull some stuff from the archives.
This thread was originally titled 'Bed' and the first 4 pages are me making my current bed.
original first post:
Other projects:
Saxophone Display Case
Jan 2018
archives URL
https://archive.animeleague.net/forum/s ... splay-case
Poker Chairs Re-Upholstery
Sept 2020
URL
viewtopic.php?f=65&t=126495
This is what I did this weekend
4 chairs for $20. Very well built chairs--all steel base with wood covering--in good condition except for upholstery that smells like aunt ethel's spittoon.
The bottom cushions were on a piece of plywood screwed down, so we could completely replace the bottom cushion. We bought new foam pads and upholstery fabric for about $80
My mother fitting the first back. The backs we just covered up.
The spindles are slightly small diameter for the base and it was making them unstable so I fixed that.
Cobalt bits. Says they go through stainless steel, but I still ruined three of them.
The duct tape was removed afterwards of course. It was on there temporarily while I tied off the end.
The new fabric was thick and uncompressed. Some forceful persuasion required.
It was more complicated than that of course. Had to redo the shafts like 3 times and trial and error with staples and brads to get the upholstery to sit right.
But I have 4 new chairs.
Clarinet Lamp
June 2018
archives URL
https://archive.animeleague.net/forum/s ... rinet-lamp
Re: Bed
Posted: 07 Dec 2019, 18:07
by Momogari
Got mah woods
Re: Bed
Posted: 07 Dec 2019, 18:16
by Momogari
Re: Bed
Posted: 07 Dec 2019, 19:45
by Momogari
Making platform pieces
Re: Bed
Posted: 07 Dec 2019, 20:12
by PharaohAtem
Oh cool can't wait to see how it turns out
Re: Bed
Posted: 07 Dec 2019, 20:55
by Momogari
Putting the feet on the platform pieces
Re: Bed
Posted: 07 Dec 2019, 21:13
by Lurlei
Oh wow this is so amazing. I can’t make anything. Lol
Re: Bed
Posted: 07 Dec 2019, 21:42
by Momogari
Platform frame done.
Its this way for drawers later. The outer skin will straighten it out.
Re: Bed
Posted: 07 Dec 2019, 22:14
by Citizen
When completed how many scantily clad women jumping on it will it support?
Re: Bed
Posted: 07 Dec 2019, 22:53
by Momogari
Citizen wrote:When completed how many scantily clad women jumping on it will it support?
Very few I'm afraid, as neither bunk will have the clearance for much jumping.
But if it wasnt a bunk bed, it'd be fine with more scantily clad women than could actually fit on it The weight will be well distributed on 24 posts.
I found a decent piece of plywood for the front skin where the drawers will be. This is the most sensitive piece because it has to stay nice with...26 cuts, 24 of which have to start in the middle in the plywood. I think I will cut it now. It'll take a while because i have to be careful not to screw it up.
Re: Bed
Posted: 07 Dec 2019, 23:37
by Teeny
Good job so far :3
Re: Bed
Posted: 07 Dec 2019, 23:40
by Momogari
If anyone is curious on how to start a cut in the middle of plywood, I took a video:
http://imgur.com/a/gwkZE0W
You're likely not curious, but I'm having fun posting shit.
Re: Bed
Posted: 07 Dec 2019, 23:44
by Momogari
I made a few mistakes:
They're minor lapses in quality and might be able to be sanded out.
Anyway, the first drawer front/hole is out now:
Re: Bed
Posted: 08 Dec 2019, 00:00
by Momogari
And they're all out, with minimal damage.
It is now 7 pm here. I'd better stop using power tools for now. I will start again tomorrow.
Re: Bed
Posted: 08 Dec 2019, 19:28
by Momogari
I have run into an engineering problem.
This garage floor is not flat.
All of the weight of the bed is resting on this front skin, and if I stood in the middle of that edge the front skin would crack and all that work I did yesterday to make that piece would be moot.
It's not going to sit in this garage, granted--but what if my room isn't flat?
If this isn't an issue, great--but if it is, I might need to cut up this piece a bit so that it can safely bend. I didn't think of that when designing this.
Bendy won't work nice with drawers, I bet. Drawers are finicky. But I will figure it out.
Hmm but whether to just cut it up now preemptively.
I think I will before I sand it, but it doesn't need it right now. I'll just take the middle screws out and let the bed curve independent of this panel. All I need right now are the ends secured so that I can put on the posts, after all.
Spoiler:
plaster
there's another nut embedded inside each hole
