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| | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 684 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 684 | That looks great, Nice job. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,419 ODSS President | | ODSS President Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,419 | I can't say if I've seen nicer bed boards. Did you 'Rhino Liner" the interior perimeter of the bed? Congratulations on a job well done, Cosmo.
~ Cosmo
1949 Chevy Half Ton
Rocinante, like Don Quixote, he is awkward, past his prime, and engaged in a task beyond his capacities.
"...my good horse Rocinante, mine eternal and inseparable companion in all my journeys and courses." ...Don Quixote, Cervantes
"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."...Yogi Berra
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." ...Eric Hoffer
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 428 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 428 | Thanks. I finished bolting it all down today and it looks really good.
Actually I did the interior of the bed and the strips with Plasti-Kote Truck Bed Liner. Simple to use, just brush or roll on. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 311 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 311 |
Always get a 2nd opinion, especially if I am the source of the 1st opinion.
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Just out of couriosity Ralph, how much does one have to spend for a bed of Cypress.
I had planned on keeping the bed boards original, i.e., Southern Yellow Pine and painted black. I've been to several hardwood shops, there only a few within a 40 mile radius of me. None carry any softwoods. Not many lumber yards left around here either, they've all been run over by the Big Box stores and ya pretty much have to take what they have on the shelf. One of the hardwood guys said if it was him, he would use White Oak.
Your bed really looks great, that has such a beautiful grain to it and it's gonna stand up against the weather great also. I always thought Cypress was pretty cost prohibitive. How does it machine, isn't it a real resinous wood and I'd always heard it was hard on bits because of the minerals that it absorbed?? And what did you finish it with??
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 866 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 866 | Nice job on the bed. I like the interior panels also. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | I was very supprised to see the cost of Cypress from one supplier was only $3.00/board foot, vs. $2.95 for Oak and $2.50 for Yellow Pine.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
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