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Boat Bed with secret compartmentsby Phiske on December 22,
2013
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Intro: Boat Bed with secret compartments . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Step 1: Design and Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Step 2: Build the frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Step 3: Put on top rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Step 4: Start the Prow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Step 5: Finish top of prow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Step 6: Cover the sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Step 7: Cover the prow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Step 8: Secret panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Step 9: Secret drawer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Step 10: Banket storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Step 11: Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Step 12: Add some trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Step 13: Secret compartments overview . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Author:Phiske cachicamoleatherworks.comSpend most of my time in
Ecuador south america with my wife and baby boy. From Chicago
burbs,
Intro: Boat Bed with secret compartmentsSo my son got to big for
the crib I made for him a couple of years ago and I was starting to
feel bad for making him sleep on a mattress on the floor. It kind
of remindedme of a scene from a movie where they find the kidnapped
kid in a room with a grubby mattress. So to make up for that I had
to make him a cool bed with secretcompartments.
I think hidden doors and secret compartments are in our dna. We
all want to have that bookcase where you pull the right book that
reveals the hidden room. Or lift thecandle stick to make the
fireplace spin to go down to your secret lab. Remember the Nes game
Shadowgate? Or the pc game Myst? Those were full of secret
spacesthat you had to discover to find the next clue.
The boat bed I built has three..possibly four secret
compartments. One is pretty obvious. The hatch in the prow of the
boat opens to store blankets and other big items.The name plate on
the...um..just a sec...wikipedia...Starboard side is a small drawer
to hide goodies in. My guy put a Mickey Mouse toy in there first
thing. Also onthe...port side there is a flag pole that you push
down on to reveal a hidden panel (click on pic 3) . That's the cool
one. You can also lift off the mattress and store stuffunder the
bed itself...
Image Notes1. Panel that raises when flag pole is pushed down2.
Hatch opens for storage3. Name plate opens to reveal a small
drawer4. Panel under bed lifts to hide...uh...something big.
Image Notes1. push down and panel goes up!
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Image Notes1. This is a good place to hide some candy from
mom!
Image Notes1. He promptly put a mickey mouse toy in here.
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Image Notes1. Handle to lift panel
Image Notes1. Checking out his new bed.
Step 1: Design and MaterialsI'm not much for making a real exact
drawing of what I build. I tend to just go for it. So for this
project I did a basic sketch (on paper) with the mattress
dimensions,finished height, and the space I had to work with. Then
I just used my tape measure and eye-balled the shape I wanted.
Another big design factor was that I wanted to beable to take it
apart easily if I end up moving in the next two years. So that made
it a little more difficult. As I went along in the project I had to
make a few minoradjustments in my original dimensions to allow for
plywood bending and for the tools I had on hand.
I up-cycled a lot of materials from other projects (crib) and
stuff I had on hand. I did buy one sheet of 5/8" ply for the
mattress to sit on and 2 sheets of 1/8" to cover theboat. The
structure is made mostly from 3/4"material. Plus paint and
Polyurethane. Nails, screws glue...all the basics.
Tools used:Circular sawJig sawRouterCordless drillHammerRaspPalm
sander (random orbit)Japanese style pull sawVarious drill bitsTape
measureQuick clamps
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Step 2: Build the frameI drew the profile of the side of the
"boat" full size on some poster board material and used it as my
pattern(pic 1). This is the exact profile on the rear of the boat.
I thencut out four of those, two for each side. These are the rear
most uprights. As they get closer to the front they needed to be
taller for the gentle curve from aft to prow. So Imoved my pattern
up 3/4" for two more and then an inch more for the final two. I
glued and screwed them to a 1x4 that is 2 inches longer that the
mattress.
Then I drew the pattern on to some 1/2 inch ply I had (crib) and
figured the width of the bed/boat based on the mattress width. I
temporarily screwed that to the back toHold the sides up(pic 3). I
cut one for the front also but based on the uprights on the
front.
I then put a 1x2 on top of the notch I had planned out on my
pattern. Glue and screw everything.
You can kind of see in the pics how I progressively figured out
the shape of the boat.
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Step 3: Put on top railsRip your top rail to overlap the 1/8"
plywood sheeting. Then I used a 5/16" drill bit to counter sink
where I would screw straight down into the uprights. Pre drill
everythingso you don't split anything. Glue and screw.
Nice curve. right?
Step 4: Start the ProwThis was a bit tricky. I had to kind of
just eye-ball where I wanted the prow to end up without making the
boat too long in overall length for my sons room. I also wanted
itto be big enough for storing a comforter. First I laid a piece of
1/2" ply on the ground.
Then I held the 2x4 up at an angle to see where it should go and
then marked and cut it. Then I got a better idea of where it would
end up. I then sketched the curve on tothe ply that is sitting on
the ground for the bottom of the prow and cut it out with a
jigsaw.
After I made sure the curve was nice I screwed the 2/4 in
through the bottom.
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Step 5: Finish top of prowI had to then figure out where the top
of the prow should be so I bent a board from front to back with an
approximation of the curve of the rails. Then I cut it on that
mark.
I then used two 1x8's from the front of the rails to the prow. I
clamped them in place and then freehand drew the curve on to the
top side. Then I cut out one with thejigsaw and tested it on both
sides. Once it fit well I flipped it over and traced out onto the
other board, cut it out, and then fit them into place.
I flipped the prow over on to a work bench and fit the 2x2
uprights into place. Once it all lined up good I used a quarter
round bit and routed all the edges.
Step 6: Cover the sidesI used 1/8" plywood to cover the boat. My
dad built a kayak out of 1/4" ply so I figured this would be plenty
strong for a fake boat. Once it was all glued up and dry it
wassurprisingly strong and light.
For the side panels I wanted 4 "boards" to run up the length of
the boat. I divided the front and back uprights into four equal
parts which would be the bottom of eachboard. Then I ripped the ply
with the jigsaw because I wanted kind of a rough old boat
look.Starting at the bottom I glued and nailed the ply onto the
frame, gluing along the entire length of the overlap also. The
overlap didn't want to stay tight together so I used acouple of 1"
screws to hold it together until the glue dried. Later I removed
them and filled the holes.
The top "board" of ply has that slight curve in it that runs
along the top rail of the entire boat. I clamped that piece of ply
where the bottom should go and scribed the backside with the curve.
Then I cut it out carefully with the jigsaw.
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Image Notes1. screw hole that was removed2. I used a nail set
and then filled all these nail holes.
Step 7: Cover the prowThis was probably the most difficult part
of the whole project. Kind of hard to describe how I did it and I
was in a rush to finish before it rained so there is only one
pic.
Because of the more aggressive curve around the prow I ran the
ply across the grain because it bends more readily that way. They
also make "bendy ply" that wouldhave been great for this but I
couldn't get ahold of any.
Again I marked all the uprights where the bottom of the board
should be. Then I made an 18" cut of ply and just held up in place
more or less and marked the angle alongthe 2x4. Once the angle was
cut then I could clamp it in place and draw the curve onto the back
side using my bottom of board marks and adding and inch. I only
neededto figure out one side and cut the reverse for the other.
Each "board" has a different radius because the prow widens towards
the top. I just let the boards run long andtrimmed them with a hand
saw flush with the back of the prow.
Image Notes1. starting to look like something, right?
Step 8: Secret panelI had a rough idea of how I was going to
make a secret panel that would lift out when something else was
pushed or pulled. I used a thin kerf Japanese style pull saw tocut
the top rail where the panel would lift up.
Then I built a basic drawer that served as the panel. It took
some trial and error to figure out the mechanics but it's just
basically two eyelets screwed in to the bottom ofthe 1x2 that has a
rope that runs through it. When you push down on the flag pull it
pulls on the rope that raises the panel. Simple as that!
Perfect place for a iPad...and some how-to books....
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Image Notes1. eyelet
Step 9: Secret drawerFrom the beginning I wanted a name plate to
have my son's name on it so I decided to make it open up. I just
built a tiny drawer with a back that extended up above thesides so
when in place the drawer couldn't be pulled out to far and
fall.
Stained the front. Printed out a font I liked and transferred it
on to the wood. Painted it with watered down acrylics.
Polyurethaned the hole thing at the end. Added somebrass rivets to
the front corners to make it look like it's bolted on the bolt and
can't be moved.
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Step 10: Banket storageI used the space in the prow to hide
comforters and large stuff like that. Used another scrap piece of
ply from the crib. I trimmed it out and put some hinges and a
handleon it. I'll eventually put something to hold it up while it
is open but for now my son isn't going to be able to open it on his
own for a couple of years.
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Step 11: FinishI stained the top rails and the inside of the
side where the mattress will sit. Then painted the outside of the
boat solid green. Once the green dried I dry brushed darkgreen and
white in that order to give it a weathered look. I also dry brushed
white onto the stained wood to also weather it. I used a damp rag
to soften the contrast of thewhite.Then I painted with the dark
green to paint on moss to give it more detail.
Then I sprayed the whole thing with satin finish polyurethane. I
didn't want gloss because...I don't like gloss :) and I wanted it
to look old.
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Step 12: Add some treesOnce I installed it it looked kind of
lonely all by itself in his room. So I took some dried eucalyptus
branches I had sitting around for another idea I had for the bed
(wasgoing to make a rustic loft bed but transportability...) And
leaned them in the corners. Once I knew where I wanted them I
screwed them together so they wouldn't move ifmy son pulls on them.
Then the sticks looked kind of lonely so I painted some in too.
That filled it in a little more.
Then....twinkle lights.
That's it...Go to bed.
Image Notes1. Eucalyptus branches.2. Ollie
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Step 13: Secret compartments overviewHere's just a review of the
secret spaces I've included.
1. Hidden panel that raises when flag pole is pushed down2.
Drawer behind name plate3. Hatch in prow of boat for comforter4.
Panel under mattress lifts up
Thanks for reading!
Image Notes1. push down and panel goes up!
Image Notes1. He promptly put a mickey mouse toy in here.
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Image Notes1. Handle to lift panel
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