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TRY IT NOW VIDEOS Visit us online at FineWoodworking.com/Start to watch a two-part video detailing how to build this workbench from start to finish. Frame-and-Panel Bed Design rests on faceted legs with compound curves BY DAVID FAY y favorite designs have come to ton mattress or a standard box-spring and me unexpectedly, in a flash of an mattress set. As a result, I had to make the M idea, far away from the drafting bed rails wide enough to accommodate an table. The ensuing challenge to develop adjustable inner rail. that vision into a finished product requires A dimensioned drawing comes next. Al- a lot of time spent refining what may seem though an accurate drawing can help me like small details. visualize a piece, this two-dimensional tool I begin with a sketch, nothing fancy or has limitations. That’s why I build a full- beautiful. The back of an envelope or nap- scale model of any tricky parts to work out kin will do. Drawing this way frees me design and construction needs and to per- from the constraints of trying to perfect the fect technical skills. piece; all I’m after is getting the inspiration The model allows me to evaluate how down on paper. the details relate to the rest of the design. If the piece is a commission, the next step For example, I used a model to determine is listening to the customer. That often in- the proportions of the posts and rails. I ex- fluences the dimensions of a project. For perimented with the reveal at various 7 this bed, the customer wanted a queen- widths. A ⁄8-in. reveal looked chunky, and 5 sized frame that could accommodate a fu- a ⁄8-in. reveal looked skinny. But when I A bed made in three types of wood. The frame- work, including the posts, is made of cherry. The panels are resawn, slip- matched pear wood. Accent strips along the inside of the frames and along the bot- toms of the bed rails are granadillo. 74 FINE WOODWORKING SHAPING THE BEDPOSTS Establish the outside curve ... Lay out the bedposts. The six-sided shape is Cut the outside curve first.