FINALLY the Mission spindle bed is completed

Very nice! Im sure all of those spindles were very tedious.

Well done Chris. Excellent job. I just finished my bed recently. I found bed building to be a very satisfying project. I’m with you on the mission style.

-- Mark

Ray tracing? Are these photos or a rendering? I knew it looked too good to be true ;) I think you’re looking for ray flake or ray fleck. Looks fantastic, well worth the effort. Love the story too. Nice work.

great lookin bed

-- Jim, Kentucky

Looks like a nice looking bed.

Thanks for posting, and Congrats on your 3.

Just gonna throw this out there, it might be real helpful. They have these things called Mattresses, and you lay them on all those supports you sat on the frame. They make sleeping on a wooden bed quite a bit easier on the bones. :-)

-- Think safe, be safe

Chris , nice job and congratulations on your ‘Daily Top 3’ award.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

my hats off to you on the finish of such a great bed you should be proud a great quality build that could be passed down for your future generations and congratulations on your upcoming wedding n if you get a chance check out my work

-- eric underwood

Nice..

-- Jeff,Tucson,Az.

Nice!

What knock down hardware did you use, if any?

-- -Jim, "Nothing says poor craftsmanship more than wrinkles in your duck tape"

you made a beautiful bed …. GREAT JOB :<)) GRATZ TOP 3

-- Tony---- Reinholds,Pa.------ REMEMBER TO ALWAYS HAVE FUN

That is one beautiful bed. Very nice work.

-- Don't anthropomorphize your handplanes. (They hate it when you do that).

I was not keeping up with comments, my bad. JimYoung, I used bed-bolts for knock-down hardware. Headboard and footboard are mortice-tenon assemblies, the bolts pass through the posts into the side rails. The bolt covers were Lee Valley, the bolts were standard big-box-store hex bolts.