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Yes, cutting tenons into long oak pieces on a table saw without a dado blade isn’t the best idea. My hands are sore and cramped just from holding the pieces against the miter. But, the results are looking good… I’m going to try to work on these a bit more tomorrow before class, and then I should be set to do some sanding before the major assembly of the head- and footboards go.

Oh, in case you don’t know, I’ve been working on building a solid oak queen-sized bed for about two years now. I was constantly putting the project away in order to work on moving into my condo, the rooms upstairs, or various other things. Well, I finally have a table saw, and with that, most of the tools I needed to keep working. I just need to keep the motivation going… There’s still the finishing of the mortises, cutting of the large curve in the head and foot boards, sanding, assembling the head and foot boards, adding the spindles, finishing the side rails, then staining and applying urethane to everything.

Oh, here’s a picture of the bed I’m making: http://www.dingleberrypie.com/gallery/bed/aac
Here’s the tenons I cut tonight: http://www.dingleberrypie.com/gallery/bed/DCP_1294
Here’s the garage as it was left tonight: http://www.dingleberrypie.com/gallery/bed/DCP_1293
Here’s the whole bed project gallery. Not a lot of pics, as I’m lazy about this project: http://www.dingleberrypie.com/gallery/bed