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this project requires rip cuts with full sizedsheet goods. if your not comfortable with that or you don't have the set up you canturn to the circular saw. if you don't have that and you live in the united states, bothbig box home improvement stores will be able to cut these dimensions for you. what is the project? a sleek and simple kingsize bed frame for less than a hundred dollars. i can do that on my table saw workstation,but i am going to need some additional in feed and out feed support. when i built these roll around cabinets thatmy planer and drill press sit on i built them to the same height as the workstation. soi can remove the tools, roll the cabinets

into position and make those types of cutsmanageable. you can go to my website simply easy diy dot com for all the dimensions anda cut list. i need two side rails, the stretcher for thefoot board and the center piece for the head board, so i might as well cut those whilei'm here, now. minus the center piece for the head boardthose pieces get taken over to the miter saw and cut to length. going slow through a miter saw cut will minimizetear out. having the bad side down good side up won't hurt and some blue tape will helpout some as well. if you take a two by four. rip it in halfon the table saw. you have the ledges that

i will attach to the side rails and foot boardstretcher. word of caution here. be sure you know whichside gets the short end of the stick. now is when you pick left and right. if you have any glue squeeze out, damp clothand a flat head screwdriver works. you can also wait for the glue to dry a little andthen peel it off. that doesn't work for me, i always forget about it and come back tocompletely dry glue for which i always curse at myself for, and to be honest if i got toput another quarter in that (beep) swear jar i will. ohhh man! iron on edge banding hides the ugly.

i am going to use an oscillating multitoolto cut the recesses for the cross brace mattress supports. if you decide to cut these beforeyou attach them to the side rails, i would recommend cutting them before you rip thetwo by four in half. i didn't think of it, so i decided to go ahead and attach the ledgesand get some practice in on this tool. this is a good place to do that because these cutsare not actually going to be seen. i repeated that process to cut a notch onthe ends of the foot board stretcher to accept the legs.speaking of the foot board legs. lets assemble those. a complete cut list, measurements andmaterials can be found on my website. simply easy diy dot com. check the description. i'llput a link in there.

some off cuts from the lumber i used for theledges will supply the two corner pieces of the legs after being sized on the table sawand the miter now i need 4 pieces of two by six to lengthon the miter saw that will be the rest of each leg. just because your table saw is not capable of stacking a dado blade does not mean youcan't cut half laps on said table saw. i have set up my miter gauge and i'll juststart chipping away. now you don't have to be perfect with thismethod, just get close, then grab a chisel. not bad.you could leave it like this, glue it up, and it would be perfectly functional, butlet's spice it up with a little.

mark a measurement here, a few over thereand then for this next part i understand that you may not have the precise and delicateinstrument i am about to use. no not that. yes that, the thing that shall not be named, lest we, tempt fate. to the band saw robin! now that the sanding is done, we'll book match the other side of each leg. take a corner piece and one side of the leg. glue and tack together. then the other half, same thing. so far, so good.

countersink any brads that need it.a little wood filler does the rest. so we've got the foot board and the side railsdone. next we're going to start on the head board. that requires some cutting and shapingof the legs. we've also got to deal with that center piece as well which is a fairly largecut. i'll show you how i did that next time. go to my website simply easy diy dot com formore information along with a cutlist and materials. also, don't forget you can findme on facebook and pinterest. until then.