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With short rails for photograph
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6/13/08 ... All finished now ... story below ...
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The client's guidance sketches
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Working drawing, except for change to side view at footboard
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Gluing in the inlay background
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'Petals' glued in .... Ready to clamp
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Second step on the finish samples ... The wood has been sanded lightly and oiled
... we're looking for something like the 'pinkish-whitish' tone on the left
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Test cut of headboard in mdf to guage proortions and overall feel
It's hard to get all the information that you need from a drawing and this process doesn't take a lot of time and lets us see if we know where we are going. In this case, we're going to rotate the flower inlay slightly, move it so the bottom interesection is on the centerline and move it up closer to the top of the headboard....
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1XF-wsEQ6hQ/SDG08k2rhaI/AAAAAAAAAns/d9DhsvKYfu0/s320/lotus+bed+headboard+1+5+19.jpg)
Test cut of headboard in mdf to guage proortions and overall feel
It's hard to get all the information that you need from a drawing and this process doesn't take a lot of time and lets us see if we know where we are going. In this case, we're going to rotate the flower inlay slightly, move it so the bottom interesection is on the centerline and move it up closer to the top of the headboard....
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1XF-wsEQ6hQ/SDG09E2rhbI/AAAAAAAAAn0/Onb-Z_1xu1E/s320/lotus+bed+headboard+2+5+19.jpg)
Close up of sample cut
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The top of the headoard to be cut, sanded and inlaid before gluing to the rest of it shown assembled below
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1XF-wsEQ6hQ/SC5Ick2rhSI/AAAAAAAAAms/pYBpKfP2gyQ/s320/lotus+bed+2.jpg)
The first rough assembly and dimension check
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Several hours of jointing and planing rough lumber
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Our first sample inlay The bubinga wouldn't lighten up with the white stain so we changed to ash
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1XF-wsEQ6hQ/SC5IcU2rhRI/AAAAAAAAAmk/VPyvbzV-2Yc/s320/lotus+bed+3.jpg)
The top of the headoard to be cut, sanded and inlaid before gluing to the rest of it shown assembled below
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1XF-wsEQ6hQ/SC5Ick2rhSI/AAAAAAAAAms/pYBpKfP2gyQ/s320/lotus+bed+2.jpg)
The first rough assembly and dimension check
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1XF-wsEQ6hQ/SC5IdE2rhTI/AAAAAAAAAm0/xKlmucYwGnw/s320/lotus+bed+1.jpg)
Several hours of jointing and planing rough lumber
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1XF-wsEQ6hQ/SC5IdE2rhUI/AAAAAAAAAm8/iE1wX47rweo/s320/lotus+bed+4.jpg)
Our first sample inlay The bubinga wouldn't lighten up with the white stain so we changed to ash
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