vanitycat
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Hi all. I thought I would share my progress of my futon build or what little of it as I go. I'm a weekend woodworker so it make take some time :-s.
My fiancé decided after seeing a few of my previous projects that I should try to build a futon. Excited by the prospect I dashed out and bought some pine. However buying all the materials my math skills kicked in and I worked out that cost of the materials plus the mattress, roughly equalled the cost of buying a futon online plus a scowling fiancé when she realised the wood would be stored in our guest room.Oh well c'est la vie.
I left wood to acclimatise to the room where the futon would reside for a couple of weeks. Sorry guys don't think I have a picture of this. But I'm sure with your combined imaginations you can visualise this.
I decided I had the perfect excuse and project to purchase a mitre saw. Purchased mitre saw over the phone and they would deliver it to my local axminister. Few days later went to axminister to find they couldn't find my order but they had one for another Alan with a similar saw. Anywho the crack team of axminister got on the case and found it was indeed in store but due to some computer glitch they couldn't sell it to me straight away. They decide to figure out how to outwit the computer says no directive while I peruse the contents of their store. Half hour later and several kid in candystore purchases later the problem was solved equalling me as one happy chappy. Got home tore through the box and its contents like it was Christmas. Everything functioned okay except the mitre head wouldn't move, I could pull forwards and back but not up and over the wood. One torturous reboxing and a return visit later revolved the problem. The locking in pin was stuck. After some magic spray and pliers the problem was solved.
Most of the day had passed by now but I thought I would start making some rough cuts. English weather happened so I had to clear the wood and machinery and wait it out.
Found some time to make a few more rough cuts in the evening and by the end of the week had most of the parts cut to rough.
The following weekend had arrived and I was geared up to get cracking on the project. But fiancé informed me people were coming over and it was the steam and beer festival. If it was possible be saddened and elated at the same time I was both right then. After hour of procrastinating about cleaning and half hour of actual tidying I went outside and started cutting the frame pieces to actual size.
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My fiancé decided after seeing a few of my previous projects that I should try to build a futon. Excited by the prospect I dashed out and bought some pine. However buying all the materials my math skills kicked in and I worked out that cost of the materials plus the mattress, roughly equalled the cost of buying a futon online plus a scowling fiancé when she realised the wood would be stored in our guest room.Oh well c'est la vie.
I left wood to acclimatise to the room where the futon would reside for a couple of weeks. Sorry guys don't think I have a picture of this. But I'm sure with your combined imaginations you can visualise this.
I decided I had the perfect excuse and project to purchase a mitre saw. Purchased mitre saw over the phone and they would deliver it to my local axminister. Few days later went to axminister to find they couldn't find my order but they had one for another Alan with a similar saw. Anywho the crack team of axminister got on the case and found it was indeed in store but due to some computer glitch they couldn't sell it to me straight away. They decide to figure out how to outwit the computer says no directive while I peruse the contents of their store. Half hour later and several kid in candystore purchases later the problem was solved equalling me as one happy chappy. Got home tore through the box and its contents like it was Christmas. Everything functioned okay except the mitre head wouldn't move, I could pull forwards and back but not up and over the wood. One torturous reboxing and a return visit later revolved the problem. The locking in pin was stuck. After some magic spray and pliers the problem was solved.
Most of the day had passed by now but I thought I would start making some rough cuts. English weather happened so I had to clear the wood and machinery and wait it out.
Found some time to make a few more rough cuts in the evening and by the end of the week had most of the parts cut to rough.
The following weekend had arrived and I was geared up to get cracking on the project. But fiancé informed me people were coming over and it was the steam and beer festival. If it was possible be saddened and elated at the same time I was both right then. After hour of procrastinating about cleaning and half hour of actual tidying I went outside and started cutting the frame pieces to actual size.
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