Bed, part 2
Jun. 26th, 2016 01:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mynuetThere was a heat advisory yesterday from 11-7, since the heat index was in the hundreds, and so I only worked from about 9 to 11, sanding all the parts of the leg sandwiches (and two of the long side boards) and then trying to make sure the heights were evened out. Today I used a tack cloth to wipe them down, glued them together with Liquid Nails and used duct tape to strap them together in lieu of clamps, and then sanded the other two long side boards, the short side boards, and all the slats. I broke my rule, in that I didn't stop at noon and instead worked until 1:30, but it's a lot cooler today, only in the 80s, and I had a fan on me while I was sitting to work. And I wasn't outside the whole time from 7:30, because I took a break at one point while my sister went to Home Depot to pick up a real dust mask and safety glasses. (During which break I went at Milo with the clippers and chopped all his hair down to 1/4". Buzz cut ftw!)
The amount of sanding I did wouldn't be strictly necessary for most people, but the slats that I was re-using really needed it, and going over all of the new pieces of wood let me inspect them closely and find where the knots are, smooth the boards out a bit, etc. I think it was worth the time.
In any case, tomorrow once Milo is on the bus at around 8:10, I'll be back to it. Next step is to fit the pieces together and figure out where the screws are going to go and in which direction. Once that's all marked, I'll drill the holes and then decide whether I'm also going to glue the long side boards. I'm leaning towards yes, since that gives another reinforcement to the most likely point of failure. Then wipe the boards down with the tack cloth and then stain, wait for a day, polyurethane, wait for a day, then screw it all together and Milo has a bed again, yay!
I don't know if I'll have time tomorrow for both the dry fitting/drilling and the staining. If I do, great, but in the interests of not stressing myself I'm going to assume no and figure the staining will be done on Tuesday, and then the polyurethane on Wednesday, so the bed should be ready to come in and be assembled on Thursday.
Figure it's been about seven hours of work so far, assume three hours each for the three remaining days/tasks, that'd be about sixteen hours total. Expensive if I had to pay someone else, but not too bad considering it will hopefully save me both money and aggravation in the long run, AND it gets me off the couch. My shoulders most definitely feel like I exercised them!
Pictures! Me wearing proper eye and breathing protection, my setup for working - note the chair and the fan to make life better/nicer, a before and after of the slats I was sanding down to re-use, the huge amount of sawdust just kind of drifting around, and all the parts of the bed (some assembly required).
The amount of sanding I did wouldn't be strictly necessary for most people, but the slats that I was re-using really needed it, and going over all of the new pieces of wood let me inspect them closely and find where the knots are, smooth the boards out a bit, etc. I think it was worth the time.
In any case, tomorrow once Milo is on the bus at around 8:10, I'll be back to it. Next step is to fit the pieces together and figure out where the screws are going to go and in which direction. Once that's all marked, I'll drill the holes and then decide whether I'm also going to glue the long side boards. I'm leaning towards yes, since that gives another reinforcement to the most likely point of failure. Then wipe the boards down with the tack cloth and then stain, wait for a day, polyurethane, wait for a day, then screw it all together and Milo has a bed again, yay!
I don't know if I'll have time tomorrow for both the dry fitting/drilling and the staining. If I do, great, but in the interests of not stressing myself I'm going to assume no and figure the staining will be done on Tuesday, and then the polyurethane on Wednesday, so the bed should be ready to come in and be assembled on Thursday.
Figure it's been about seven hours of work so far, assume three hours each for the three remaining days/tasks, that'd be about sixteen hours total. Expensive if I had to pay someone else, but not too bad considering it will hopefully save me both money and aggravation in the long run, AND it gets me off the couch. My shoulders most definitely feel like I exercised them!
Pictures! Me wearing proper eye and breathing protection, my setup for working - note the chair and the fan to make life better/nicer, a before and after of the slats I was sanding down to re-use, the huge amount of sawdust just kind of drifting around, and all the parts of the bed (some assembly required).
