Sellers Home Bed: Episode 3
Posted 18 January 2023
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Chopping mortises and then the tenons to fit is commonplace throughout joinery — it is the single most common joint ever used in the history of woodworking and furniture making, and that is because of its intrinsic strength in the framing of structures ranging from tiny mortise and tenons used to build Chinese lanterns all the way through to massive timber-framed buildings. Cutting the joints for the bed frames, head and footboard, requires some shifts in perspective because they do not always parallel the long edge corners but follow curves as well. In this episode, Paul uses a couple of tools you may not have seen him use for joinery before. These joints ensure your finished bed will last for many decades.
Fantastic as usual. Paul, I enjoy whatever presentation style you choose, whether like this or narration. It’s great either way! Thanks!
It would seem this bed will be more than just another piece of furniture for you Paul.
I have a new respect for a nicely fitted mortise and tenon joint. I have a feeling that Paul`s joint won`t wobble after the bed is assembled.
Very good masterclass about chisel cutting directions on tenon, when the grain isn’t straight.
Agreed. I’ve been watching Paul’s videos since 2016 and I learned new things that were presented here.
I shared with Paul the comments he said: “I am still learning so much. I am not inventing anything but seeing how woodworkers did it and adding it to my working knowledge of wood. I am then passing it on so it won’t be loss.”
What hardware is Paul going to use to attach the bedrails to the bedpost? I know he will cover this topic in later videos, but I wanted to go ahead and get some hardware in preparation.
Why did Paul use twin tenons instead of a single larger tenon?
Are there any criteria for choosing them?
Hi Antonio,
Please allow me to refer to a blog post by Mr P. Sellers, in which he details on this topic.
https://paulsellers.com/2014/01/questions-answered-big-tenons-reduced/#:~:text=Double%20tenons%20are%20paired%20inline,double%20tenons%20as%20twin%20tenons.
Thanks Sven
That article (and very useful it is) in the question (from 2014) mentions a bed-build by Paul. Do you happen to know if that involved a video series. From what I could work out Paul never sleeps because I have never seen any mention of a bed build so far, so I have been hanging out for him to do a bed since he started this Sellers Home series – that would have been my first project if I had moved into a new home – though I do understand that he may have been waiting on the building modifications before he started on bedroom stuff.
The bed Paul made in 2014 was a gift for his son, Joseph (my husband) and me. It wasn’t made as a video series but he did blog about it at the time. With Sellers Home we started in the living room and the downstairs because of the modifications in the house as you suggest.
Nothing at all, Flemming.
Haven’t seen any video series on bed making, but then again I’ve not actively searched for it.
Thanks for that Katrina. For anyone else looking for this – I searched for ‘Bed’ in the Blog and multiple entries from 2013.