Posted by noa on April 15, 2003, at 11:33:44
In reply to Re: Coral-- positive reinforcement requested » noa, posted by NikkiT2 on April 15, 2003, at 11:13:42
Drippy,
You wrote: {> You said [Believe it or not I actually made the bed today]
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> I do not understand what you are saying here. If you could clarify this statement, I could better understand what you mean ;)}I mean what I said: I made the bed. I started with high quality red oak planks, and on my table saw in the extra room, I cut them down to the right measurements and then I sanded them to perfect smoothness. I then made the legs by attaching each 3x3 to the lathe and turning them, and using my chisel, I carved exquisitely ornate rounded legs with clawed feet. Then, with proper mortise and tenon ends, I fastened the adjoining pieces together with wood glue and clamped them to dry. I finished up by staining the whole thing a light honey-maple color. Of course, this, I did out doors because of the fumes.
Then, I gathered together the finest spun cotton and lengths of metal wire, which I fashioned into coils to make the mattress, stuffing it with the fine cotton. I then sat at my sewing maching and sewed together a damask silk cover for the mattress. There was no need for a box spring, as I had made the frame of the bed with platform slats.
does that answer your question, drippy?
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