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Gluing up was a job in itself. Not too hard, but I had to keep cool when doing it.
The two top rails were glued first with the small slats between them. W
After setting up overnight, I glued in the lower slats with the plywood, and the lower rail.
The next day I glued on the legs. I wanted to let a day go between glue-ups as I had to hammer a lot of joints home and was afraid of having some joint open up.
With everything set up, I wiped on about five coats of thinned out polyurethane with plenty of time between each coat.
I finally got around to installing the headboard and I’m pretty happy with the result and having a design come from my head and be fully realized.