Updated 22/12/01

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The Making of a Car Bed...

17/12/01

I bought the wood and all the other necessities around mid day. I had estimated (going by a catalog from one store) that the wood alone would cost around AU$75. It was great when I got home, after going to a different store than the catalog, and the overall cost was just over $77!!
Measuring was simply- as my plans are very straightforward. Cutting the wood ended up causing some problems.
Firstly the side boards are very long so I needed to find a table. I ended up using the outdoor setting table- with a glass top- luckily no cracks or worse....hehe
The blade of the jig saw slipped from its guide so the blade cut on an angle when I cut out the wheels- a problem I will deal with later...

Here's most of the wood etc. across my back yard...

19/12/01

I got some more wood from my Dad (actually the whole of my old bed when I was ten through to 16)- giving me now the legs that go to the frame I had already got from him, yesterday. Alas I had to work and so no work was done on the bed until today. So with the rest of the wood I have cut to to shape this morning and begun to glue the major bits together with a hardcore "Tough as nails" type of glue. I've stopped over the middle of the the because of the sun and heat. Now using the time to update the journal. 
I noticed before I came in that I've made a small mistake that I will have to come up with an answer to before I return. Now that I'm using the original legs instead of that in my plans, I have not figured out how I am going to fix the sides to the bed. My plan is to make it easy to put together and also pull apart- as so we are not stuck with a big announce when we move, so I'm not really wanting to screw the sides to the base. That wouldn't be the easiest to repeat. I fear, however, that screwing might be my only only option in this late of the game.

The glued wood, drying out in the midday sun.

20/12/01

I put the bed together today- a dry run. It looks good and Luc likes it, so fingers are crossed!
I managed to keep the need for screws between the base and sides to a visible minimum.
Tomorrow, I hope to get the paints and start on that.

Luc and I as I put the frame together- I didn't attach the wheels this time.

21/12/01

You should of seen Jess when we go the paints. She's a nut case and has taken over of the painting.
We managed to do a great deal of the under coat and will do more tomorrow after I get home from work.

22/12/01

Today we did a lot of the secondary coat. I don't think the red of the car needs to much more work. So tomorrow, we will concentrate on the finer details and the wheels- we are making great time!!