Bed with radial drawers
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Bed
was designed and built in the Spring of 1998 from (mostly) recycled fir studs,
log scraps, and plywood. It has been
in daily use for almost seventeen years and has held up very well.
The
action of the drawers is smooth and easy.
A child can lie on the bed and reach down with one arm and open
them.
The
curved boards are made from 1/8 inch strips of fir glued together.
The
basket effect is from copper wire randomly threaded through galvanized
staples.
A
clear laquer was sprayed over the wire to keep it from tarnishing, and from
staining things that come into contact with it.
The
drawers ride on 2 plastic wheels apiece, fastened with lag screws.
The
two drawers pivot on the hinge pin with screw eyes. The hinge pin is made from a bent lag screw with the head
cut off, which is screwed horizontally into a notched log leg.
Copyright
2013 Andrew Maxwell