Looking good Bade. Dang thats a lot of spindles!
There's a Mission style bed in there somewhere ...
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Jon
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Blade,
I've found that masking to prevent glue Bo-Bo's takes way more time, and invariably some glue gets through. Staining first doesn't take that much time to just wipe on and wipe off and any glue that gets on the stain simply wipes off and the glue doesn't effect the stain color. After final assembly a final stain wipe finishes it up.
Capncarl
for some reason my kids like "paint" so I use cheaper wood that will be painted. HOWEVER when I am doing wood finishes, I have also learned to stain each piece first and then assemble.
I did run into trouble back in the early 2000's when I made a small hutch for LOML. For some reason, stain showed all to be the same color but when the same wood with the same stain was used in two different orientations i.e. rail and stile, they showed up as two different colors or tones or what ever! Not all woods do that but some woods do.
It is kind of like chatoyance in some woods in making pens - it only shows in certain light.
As to staining after the fact - that the glue spot shows its ugly head mostly when a construction project has been perfect!Hank Lee
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This is the headboard after staining (gel coat) and gluing. I took the advice of others and did the stain before assembly... I see some advantage but I'm not sure which way I like best ... I think I may glue up the footboard before stain just to compare the experience. I used "space balls" in the mortises of the spindles and no glue to allow for expansion. I think that is going to work fine. It's getting there. Yeah the color is MUCH DARKER than would be my preference but it's what the customer (daughter) requested ... sigh ...1 Photo"Like an old desperado, I paint the town beige ..." REK
Bade Millsap
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Beautifully done! It will be appreciated and handed down. My daughters generally like the things I make for them to be darker (except the white bunk beds) and LOML always gets on to me for making things too dark. I tell her what I make for our kids is for them and that is how they want it.Hank Lee
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That looks really nice Bade. I have never used space balls are they between the spindles or under them? Given the construction I am not sure which way this would move if at all, its seems that the grain of the surrounding frame opposes each other and should limit any movement.Jon
Phoenix AZ - It's a dry heat
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I put the space balls under one end of each spindle to eliminate rattling since I didn't glue them and to allow vertical expansion... It seems to work ok
Via Tapatalk-- Bade
"Like an old desperado, I paint the town beige ..." REK
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