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| | | | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 29 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 29 | Does anyone out there have recent experience
with bed wood sets (original pine) purchased
from a vendor? Sounds like an easy way
to get the replacement, but I want to make
sure the quality is ok. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 687 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 687 | PM53: Got my boards and hardware from Bruce Horkey Cabinetry. Well pleased with the product. Ben popcorn The Truth is Out There (Good luck) | | | | | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 29 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 29 | I didn't mention the truck - 53 AD, so
8 boards in the bed. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 305 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 305 | my brother got oak :mad: for his 64 thay s**k bad warped and cracked and will not hold a finish .
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| | | | | Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 272 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 272 | I think if someone sent me bad wood I would send it back.
Make it yourself if you are so inclined I have seen online the measurements and tools necessary to do it.
Cut some boards, router the edges, drill a hole or 24, and Viola! | | | | | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 586 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 586 | http://community.webshots.com/photo/189861216/190641020casZtj This is a picture of my bed I finished from Mar-K. I used pine and put a ebony finish on it. I was real happy with there quality and service. They sent one board that was not drilled right and they sent another right out. I can't say enough good things about my experience dealing with them. Cecil..... | | | | | Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 93 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 93 | I also bought a pine bed kit with stainless strips and hardware from MAR-K in Oklahoma. The quality, fit, etc. was very good and they are nice to deal with. I did think their shipping was a bit slow though.
Don | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | PM53,
The pine boards that I bought from Chevy Duty (drilled and grooved) were excellent. Bruce Horkey has an excellent reputation.
51Jimmy's finish sounds like what I did - several coats of ebony stain and then several coats of thinned marine spar varnish (satin finish was my prefererence). The boards needed to be sanded before finishing - they still had minor planing marks.
Tim | | | | | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 | I used a kit from Mar-K, free shipping if you order online. Great quality, fit right, looks great. Brian | | | | | Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 629 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 629 | i bought my entire bed including the pine wood from Mar-K. No complaints here. Very nice product.
Tim Sheridan 1947 First Series Chevy 1/2-Ton"Liberty Series" - "Art Deco" - Whatever you'd like to call it. In the Gallery | | | | | Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 313 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 313 | Mar K is the vendor to go with, all the other vendors use them as well. I used oak on my truck, but they have pine and the kits are the best. Mine practicaly put itself in. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | You may want to use a cabinet scraper instead of a sander for bed wood to remove the tool marks. The reason being that the scraper cuts the grain but the sandpaper kind of frays it. The stain will take much better, especially in the case of oak which has a more open pore structure (which should be filled before staining). The wood will also be slightly more resistant to rot and dings.
A cabinet scraper basically a flat piece of spring steel with an edge that has a burr burnished onto it. You can get wood to a finish flat surface in just a few strokes.
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A lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 25 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 25 | I had my bed wood made by a local cabinet maker. I found the demensions online. I didn't want the holes for the bolts in the planks so that was a reason why I went that way. I got finished hardwood for the same price as pine if I had fo ordered from a dealer. You'd be suprised what you can find if you ask around. The carpenter told me it took him about an hour or so to set up and after that making the boards was quite straight forward. | | |
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