When putting the frame together, glue should be used on the joints, as it makes them much stiffer. Be careful to get the frame together perfectly square, or it will be hard to fit the doors and the glass. When it is complete, go over the whole carefully with fine sandpaper and remove all rough spots. Scrape all the surplus glue from about the joints, as stain will not take when there is any glue. The closet can be finished in any one of the many mission stains supplied by the trade for this purpose.
Oak Bedstead Complete
AN OAK BEDSTEAD
The accompanying sketches show an artistic design for a mission bed, so simple in construction and design that most any one that has a few tools and a knowledge of their use can make it. It is best made of quarter-sawed oak, as this wood is the easiest to procure and work up and looks well with any finish. If the stock is ordered from the mill ready cut to length, squared and sanded, much of the hard labor will be saved.
The following is a list of the material needed:
- 2 posts, 2-1/2 by 2-1/2 by 50 in.
- 2 posts, 2-1/2 by 2-1/2 by 44 in.
- 2 end rails, 1 by 6 by 56 in.
- 2 side rails, 1 by 6 by 78 in.
- 5 end rails, 1 by 4 by 56 in.
- 3 end rails, 1 by 2 by 56 in.
- 8 vertical slats, 3/8 by 6 by 11-1/2 in.
- 10 vertical slats, 3/8 by 2 by 11-1/2 in.
- 2 cleats, 1 by 1 by 78 in.
- 5 slats, 3/4 by 3 by 55-1/2 in.
- 20 blocks, 1 by 1 by 3 in.