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We like our coffee but no experts by any means, some years ago we discovered Nespresso and that was great lovely fresh coffee but then I discovered the Gaggia Classic after a recommendation from a friend, we got a refurbished machine and that changed everything, a beautiful cup of coffee, then...

Rick, can you tell me how you rounded the slats? I presumed a rounding bit but now realising to get the mortise perfect the rounding would have to match the router bit radius . My slats are 15mm not sure I’ll find the same radius.

Thanks Andy I had forgotten that, yes an excellent project build, I’m building mine in the back garden so I might take the dowel route, anything to simplify it a little :)

Your a star thanks again for the reply, hmm yes being flushed bothered me until I saw the first image , I asked the cutting guy for 15mm but he convinced me to keep the boards at 20mm and do V joints. I didn’t want to use MDF and getting a veneered ply was going to cost even more though I did...

Thanks again Mike, oh gosh you think it’s too weird? It was supposed be a recessed panel, it came down to what they got out of the cut, Plus after seeing so many designs out there the white cot design I’ve posted seems close to the original they liked and simple to build. I did think it’s odd...

Thanks Mike, Thats what I was thinking, ahh good point of dry fitting the panel members. How about between the boards, a glued butt joint? a few biscuits? or dry joint a small overlap or a central groove to house a tenon so they can expand & contract without a gap opening . Appreciate the...

Thanks for the info Ed65, I did wonder if it was that it, blimey with all the paints I've sprayed over the years I'm beyond worrying about VOC free:) But I read a post not long ago about using outdoor paint indoors and saw a reply saying the VOC from exterior paint can causing illness if used...

My carpentry skills used to be pretty good but am a bit out of practice, I'm building a cot and I've finished on merging two designs, a combination of wood available and the design finishes. The end panel is going to be 68x20 side uprights & top rail (American White Ash) with 120 x 20...

Nice one Andy, funny I did find that after posting, but I didn't know you could request a sample, I think the wax finish might be good, nice colours and easy to touch while being child safe. Thanks again for the reply.

I am about to build one for my granddaughter, I know this thread is a few years old but it looks fab, I wish I had found this before! Ive pretty much settled with my design but I was thinking about putting the slates into mortices but had decided to use tenon's now I've seen this I like the look...

Hi I am building a cot for my daughter & her husband, so kinda special piece , I've finally settled on a design I'm happy with and have ordered the timber , an American White Ash, so should be a nice straight grain. I'm not to up on child friendly finishes so I asked Morrells what is the safest...