Ajcoholic
04-22-2016, 08:57 PM
So two years ago I made Joseph's bunk bed on the CNC, all from Baltic Birch.
He has a thing lately for "tents" - we do camp a lot in the summer. He got a small pop up tent he tries to sleep in in his room but its too big. So, I told him I'd turn his bunk into a tent that he can easily put up or take down.
I just cut 4 ribs, which are designed to sit onto the bed rail and safety rail, and 9 notched ribs that hold them together and then throw a blanket over the works..
He loves it of course and it took a whopping 20 minutes to cut out and one sheet of 6mm BB ply.
I love these easy, inexpensive projects. Im far too busy at work to make anything that would be really time consuming. But making things for the kids is so much fun!
each 48" x 48" sheet made two ribs and 5 crossers.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j307/ajcoholic/ajcoholic023/image112_zpsbjpiux0y.jpg (http://s83.photobucket.com/user/ajcoholic/media/ajcoholic023/image112_zpsbjpiux0y.jpg.html)
all together..
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j307/ajcoholic/ajcoholic023/image36_zpshyocjbzh.jpg (http://s83.photobucket.com/user/ajcoholic/media/ajcoholic023/image36_zpshyocjbzh.jpg.html)
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j307/ajcoholic/ajcoholic023/image27_zpst96flwwl.jpg (http://s83.photobucket.com/user/ajcoholic/media/ajcoholic023/image27_zpst96flwwl.jpg.html)
He has a thing lately for "tents" - we do camp a lot in the summer. He got a small pop up tent he tries to sleep in in his room but its too big. So, I told him I'd turn his bunk into a tent that he can easily put up or take down.
I just cut 4 ribs, which are designed to sit onto the bed rail and safety rail, and 9 notched ribs that hold them together and then throw a blanket over the works..
He loves it of course and it took a whopping 20 minutes to cut out and one sheet of 6mm BB ply.
I love these easy, inexpensive projects. Im far too busy at work to make anything that would be really time consuming. But making things for the kids is so much fun!
each 48" x 48" sheet made two ribs and 5 crossers.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j307/ajcoholic/ajcoholic023/image112_zpsbjpiux0y.jpg (http://s83.photobucket.com/user/ajcoholic/media/ajcoholic023/image112_zpsbjpiux0y.jpg.html)
all together..
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j307/ajcoholic/ajcoholic023/image36_zpshyocjbzh.jpg (http://s83.photobucket.com/user/ajcoholic/media/ajcoholic023/image36_zpshyocjbzh.jpg.html)
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j307/ajcoholic/ajcoholic023/image27_zpst96flwwl.jpg (http://s83.photobucket.com/user/ajcoholic/media/ajcoholic023/image27_zpst96flwwl.jpg.html)