The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Making a Stovebolt Bed 6 foot insted of 8 foot.

I had a guy do the wood for my 56 bed. It's beautif wood, he did a great job of cutting out the notch for the metal strips. He cut the wood 6' insted of 8'. So wat do you do with a bunch of 6' oak boards?

Was that a mistake?
Whose mistake?
Who paid for the mistake?

Are there now mounting holes in the wood, or are they un-drilled planks?

I printed off the diagram for a 1956 Chevy 3600 pickup bed. I don't know why he cut them to 6' instead of 8', but I paid for the mistake. I might make a table top out of it.

Bart, put and ad in the parts for sale....there may be someone close by to recoup the cost.....and maybe then guy will cut them right and give you a nice discount"?

Buy some stainless steel bed strips and make a table top which will be the dream of every single person who has ever visited this site from its inception!
It needs to become your family's new dining room table! No exception.
I would cut the grooves in the boards deeper so that the bed strips are level with the wood to prevent a beer from being spilled as it is slid across the table. Then I would cover the whole table top with clear resin which is designed for covering table tops, to make it completely smooth.
If the wife resists, threaten her with a replacement, or sell it for big bucks online if she has other redeeming qualities.
You have just unwittingly hit the jackpot. I cannot wait for the pictures of the completed masterpiece.
If you do not do this, you will be dead to me. A table top is just that good of an idea which you have come up with.
Carl

I had the same idea. I am working on the plan now.

You got me thinking about getting ahold of some random weathered boards of the correct dimensions and some old crusty painted bed strips and make a table as described above.
Hey Bart, you wanna race?

I talked it over with my wife. The conversation went like this. Me; It's a shame to waste that wood. I wish we could use it for something. Wife; It is beautiful wood. It would make a nice dresser or something. Me; Or a table top. You know, our table is looking old and beat up. (That was Sunday.) Today: Me; I could try to find some old folding table and replace the table top with that wood. Wife; Well if you are going to replace the table in the kitchen, why not use those legs and replace the kitchen table top.

Act fast to avoid fickleness creep.