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Bed, part 5
It's finished! Pictures! It's not perfect, but it's done and Milo and I were both sitting on it with no creaking to be heard.
Cost breakdown:
Materials:
5 2X4X96 (2.68)* - 13.40 *
1 2X6X96 (4.43) - 4.43
4 2x6x120 (5.93)* - 23.72 *
2 50 ct screw boxes (5.47)* - 10.94
1 qt stain (8.48) - 8.48
1 qt triple thick polyurethane (13.97) - 13.97
2 tubes Liquid Nails project (1.77) - 3.54
2 sandpaper (2.97) - 5.94
= 84.42
Tools:
Circular saw - 40
Sander - 30
Kreg jig - 40
Kreg clamp - 30
Extra clamps - 30
Drill - 30 *
= 200
And about 18 hours total work time, although that did include a certain amount of goofing off and/or breaks. My actual cost was slightly lower, since I had some of the materials already, as indicated by the *, so.. $217. I think there may've been more stuff I didn't count, like a paintbrush, the tack cloth, little things like that. Basically, I spent about $200, but most of that was in tools that I'll keep and use again.
I still have more than half the stain left and 13 2x4x96 out in the shed, so when I go to make the bed for me it'll be under $100, and I'll probably still have wood left over. I'm already plotting on making more stuff, but I think I might take a suggestion someone made and use a kiddy pool on the table we have out on the patio as my first container garden, and that way the outlay is even less if it turns out gardening is not a long-term interest for me.
If anyone's in the Savannah area and needs a bed for cheap, hit me up! I'm feeling accomplished.
Cost breakdown:
Materials:
5 2X4X96 (2.68)* - 13.40 *
1 2X6X96 (4.43) - 4.43
4 2x6x120 (5.93)* - 23.72 *
2 50 ct screw boxes (5.47)* - 10.94
1 qt stain (8.48) - 8.48
1 qt triple thick polyurethane (13.97) - 13.97
2 tubes Liquid Nails project (1.77) - 3.54
2 sandpaper (2.97) - 5.94
= 84.42
Tools:
Circular saw - 40
Sander - 30
Kreg jig - 40
Kreg clamp - 30
Extra clamps - 30
Drill - 30 *
= 200
And about 18 hours total work time, although that did include a certain amount of goofing off and/or breaks. My actual cost was slightly lower, since I had some of the materials already, as indicated by the *, so.. $217. I think there may've been more stuff I didn't count, like a paintbrush, the tack cloth, little things like that. Basically, I spent about $200, but most of that was in tools that I'll keep and use again.
I still have more than half the stain left and 13 2x4x96 out in the shed, so when I go to make the bed for me it'll be under $100, and I'll probably still have wood left over. I'm already plotting on making more stuff, but I think I might take a suggestion someone made and use a kiddy pool on the table we have out on the patio as my first container garden, and that way the outlay is even less if it turns out gardening is not a long-term interest for me.
If anyone's in the Savannah area and needs a bed for cheap, hit me up! I'm feeling accomplished.