sawmill man
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Now thats remarkable i have alot of stuff you could work wonders with. wish you was my next door neighbor ,we could get along good.
This is a queen size burled lodge pole pine. I use blind scribed mortise tenon joints where the cross pieces and side rails join the posts.....The tenons are round for the cross pieces. None of them are visible, but I tried to show a detail of the joint where the side rail joins the post......Made a rectangular tenon by basically carving a 2x4 on each end of the side rail. The rectangular mortises are made with a drill and chisel. A 1/2" lag bolt pulls it tight against the post. The rectangular tenon prevents a swivel action, and the scribed shoulder prevents the head and foot from folding in.
Thanks Grant, Ive seen Utah Juniper from Utah and Wyoming that has similar characteristics, but the wood is more of a red color, like Red Cedar.......Have also seen some from Colorado that is closer to what we had in Oregon.......
Here's a couple of before and afters....I had more raw wood pics, but lost a ton of pictures when a one of my computers crashed.