The Ultimate Deer Hunter's Bed

[AGarbers]

I make log furniture as a hobby. I noticed quite a few buck rubs in my woods on muscle beech trees (Hornbeam birch I think). I cut nine of them and used them as the spindles on the headboard, then used more non-rubbed birch as the posts and rails. I just shot it with the first coat of polyurethane today. (This photos were taken before that.)
What do you think? What do you think it's worth? (I am thinking about putting it in a local privatives store on consignment.)
Thanks,
Alan

[IndyGunworks]

Looks nice.... whats it worth? well ill give you 1 dollar for it?... seriously...put it up for sale and see what it goes for...problem is... you will end up running out of wood if you try and make serious dough off of this.... good work though.

[Cbarnett]

Nice work!

[JBrockman]

Hey Cbarnett! Where did you happen to find such a fine looking piece of firearm there?
And AGarbers that is some fine looking furniture and handi-work if you ask me!

[theweakerbrother]

That looks killer!

[Buckhunter]

Thats awsome! How many hours you got in building that?

[AGarbers]

I didn't keep track of the hours involved. I worked on it for several weeks. It was a bunch of work on this one due to the irregularity of the wood. I can tell you hornbeam birch isn't easy to haul out of the woods! It's called ironwood for a reason. Every last log was walked down to my shop on my shoulder, which is part of the reason I'm going to get a shot in my knee in two weeks.
I know that logs that looked arrow straight in the woods suddenly become crooked when I start to fit them together. I cut the lengths of the spindles, cut the tenons, drilled the holes, only to find my measurements way off when put in place, so I move spindles around for the best fit, cut more, cussed more when those didn't fit right... You get the idea.
I also didn't use one nail or screw in the headboard or footboard. All of the joints are pegged together with glue and wooden dowel rods. After it was fit together, I scrubbed all of the algae off and shot it three times with stain Minwax polyurethane.
I also made another bed of bark on sassafras logs. It looks great to me but I haven't taken any photographs yet.
Alan

[Marc]

what size of bed is that made for?

[RachelMarie]

I'm not a deer hnter but this bed is AWESOME. We have alot of furniture in our house made of wood and natural items. We traveled looking for these types of things. I know of cypress coffee tables (I have one. It's an actual slab of wood from a huge cypress trees) they go for around $500-$800. If I were you, I wouldn't sell it for under a grand. Seriously. And hold out because there are people out there who collect this stuff (example:myself). Let me tell ya, if things were not as tight as they are right now, I would by that up in a second. Good job...I'm impressed!

[AGarbers]

Thanks for your comments. I went over to Brown County and their log beds sell for $1500 to $2000 and they don't have the deer rubs in them. I need to go talk to the local primatives store but I'm thinking around I want $1200, then they add their percentage. The bed frame is made to surround an existing mattress set and metal frame as rying to find three level spots to run supports from rail to rail is impossible.
My next goal is to make a hickory dining room table from a dead pignut hickory we had cut down. The grain inside is beautiful and makes oak look boring. The problem is once I get the planks cut, they have to dry for a year or so.
Thanks again,
Alan