Mary Ostler

So close.  13 more pieces to turn, and then the decision to paint it all fancy or to leave it plain.

More and more I am starting to think I might just leave it natural. Wood is so pretty, its a shame to cover up all the grain.

End tenons chiseled and sanded down to 1″

Chalk lined a straight line on the rails and drilled 1/2″ holes every 4″s

Rails coming together.  I caught my nephew using it as a fire ladder. You just cant get mad at a 2 1/2 year old when they want to play fireman. Even if it means having a big old dent in the wood where he dropped it…. <sigh>

I was a little worried about making the tenons for the rail ends so thin but I think it will not be a problem as the two rails are solid as all heck. I took a rope across the middle of the bed and twisted it to see how much inward flex I was going to have to deal with. My last rope bed had a hell of a lot of flex (1 1/2″ hemlock curtain dowel).  Little to no flex at all.

I have a 8′ yurt, and the bed is 6′4″ long. That doesn’t give a lot of left over room in the yurt. I guess one of my future projects is going to build a round center pole pavilion big enough to fit the bed between the walls and center pole.