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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;the Dassler, post: 1871817, member: 14571&quot;]Jeff Drum, Thank you I have some great old machines and good quality machines make work fun. I am a bit lazy though and in my shop a lot of saw dust usually means that.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The turned legs are all different in length, but only by about an 1/8 inch, and also the square sections are also slightly different in width and height, varying up to 3/16 and not being exactly square.&nbsp; The turned sections also all vary slightly.&nbsp; The posts are all one piece from one piece of wood (not glued). </p><p><br /></p><p>To clarify, the headboard was joined with what looks like hand cut mortise and tendon (sadly I didn&#039;t take a picture) and the center sections vary in thickness up to 3/16&quot;.&nbsp; The foot board was joined with dowels, but the holes looked hand drilled or even chiselled.&nbsp; Because I left the existing dowels in place I can&#039;t say how uniform they were but as the posts were turned, so naturally someone could turn dowels.&nbsp; I will say that the dowels were quite large which is why the foot board has cracks and I needed to mill out a section and repair it.&nbsp; Normally a dowel is only 1/2 the thickness of the wood.&nbsp; In this case the center section of the foot board is 13/16 to 1&quot; thick and the dowels appear to be between 9/16 and 5/8th. (In the photo that shows the legs separated from the foot board you will see the old dowels and the new holes I drilled on my 21 head line driller. I was using a 10mm bit set 64mm apart).</p><p><br /></p><p>As a cabinet maker precision makes everything easier. With respect, I don&#039;t think that this bed was built in a shop with access to modern tools and I do think it was largely built by hand. That said, I do agree that the legs were likely turned on a lathe, but those have been around for hundreds of years in one form or another.</p><p><br /></p><p>Verybrad, I hope it is walnut as that is the wood I used to repair it. What has thrown me off is how red the wood is, but as you mentioned it might not match current stock.&nbsp; I see no indication that the bed was ever stained, even the saw dust from where I milled out sections for repair is reddish in color.</p><p><br /></p><p>James Conrad, Thanks for the link, I will contact them if for no other reason than to talk shop.&nbsp; As for Headley&#039;s Auction house in Winchester... Headley&#039;s is or was an Auction house that my family visited almost monthly when I was a kid. Most auctions were held out in a big barn and were Estate sales from around the area.&nbsp; My father started going and buying old furniture because it was less expensive than new and with four boys...nothing was safe.&nbsp; I would be curious if the two Headley&#039;s are related as Berryville and Winchester are not far apart.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regardless if the bed is old or a pet project of a person wanting to make a piece using some older techniques i.e. hand planning and eyeball turning, I have enjoyed creating new contacts and am thankful for the feedback.&nbsp; I am nearly done with my repairs and can only hope that my son will sleep as well as I did.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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