Porter's Bed, An Arts and Crafts Bed in Cherry

• 6/05/09  Finished the design of the bed.  It will be made from cherry.

• 6/20/09  Finished working on the legs for the bed.

• 6/27/09  I finished the curves in all of the slats and the curve in the footboard bottom rail.  The curve in the slats were first cut at the bandsaw close to the template line.  The curves were then finished at the router table using a cradle jig that contains the template for the curve.

• 6/27/09  I also finished the “P” inlay on the footbaord center 6″ wide slat. This was my first attempt at an inlay that did not involve using an inlay kit. It was harder than I thought it would be.

• I was unhappy with the way the inlay turned out and will NOT include it in the final product.

• 7/03/09  I am finished with the headboard and footboard .  I still need to work on the long side rails and apply the finish.

• 7/04/09  Inlayed the hardware for the long rails that join the headboard and footboard.

• 7/05/09  Finished with all of the woodworking. All that is left is to apply a durable finish that can take the abuse of a 3-year old kid.

• Finished with 3 coats of polyurethane (hvlp).