Built in bed over bulkhead build Pt9 Final - This is the last video this series, finishing the bed

This is a slightly raised built-in bed that is going over a bulkhead in the bedroom created by the staircase below. The main bed structure is built-in using pine & the bed side frame is made with Beech, sprayed with PU lacquer using a Devilbiss FLG5 spraygun & Bostitch 50L compressor. There's four doors in the side frame hung on cabinet door hinges for access to storage space under the bed, a raised platform/top at the bottom of the bed for lamps etc. The headboard & bottom box are clad with Acupanel Colour Concrete Grey Acoustic Wall Panels
The shelf unit that goes at the head of the bed, I used a Makita cordless plunge saw with a TSO PRODUCTS GSR-16 PE V2 Parallel Edge Guide Rail Adaptor that cuts the boards square, I then used a Dewalt biscuit jointer to join the boards.
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[@user-vi7fh1nj6t]

Oh, so glad to see you back. Sorry to her about your illness.

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated 👍 Yeah been a bad time. These videos are from 2022 before I got poorly but I'm getting back up n running & I'll keep filming 👍

[@howardlaws5787]

Great series Gid and as always full of useful tips, welcome back old chap.

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated 👍 Yep getting back up n running slowly, these are from 2022 but I'll be back at it & i'll keep filming 👍

[@kickingback7028]

Great vids. Never as simple as joining a few bits of wood together with screws and biscuits but also about coming up with creative solutions to a problem. Experience and a way of thinking thats worth its weight in gold. Not many people see that side of things. Glad you take the time to show it and also that the people you work for appreciate your skill set.

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, glad you appreciate that & you're welcome 👍 No never that simple, I think someone said something similar when i first started, something along the lines of 'everybody cocks up, it's being able to get yourself out of the hole you've dug for yourself' 👍

[@johnsweekendworkshops4100]

Great build mate. I always find I’ve learned something new when I’ve watched one of your videos 🙌

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated 👍 & good, that's why I share so it's nice to hear 👍 there's something good about watching a video & learning something new 😊

[@leesmall7693]

Mate , wow , absolutely fantastic workmanship as always , top job 👍

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated, glad you like it 👍😊😊

[@grahamparsons6620]

Great series mate, everything came together nicely, have to say the paint job was excellent, wish I could get the same paint over here, interesting to see the difference in quality of work at the end especially in the paint finish, I’m sure our customers would much rather of had you finish the job 👌👌👌👍👍👍🇦🇺

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated 👍 Yep even if I say so myself it looks alright 😊 & yes that has been mentioned 🤸‍♂️ & there are plans for me to re-spray the desk 😁

[@oneflymanflies4924]

Cracking job Gid, good to see you back at what you do best

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated 👍 These are from 2022 before I got poorly but I am getting back at it taking on small jobs & in a short time I should be back in full swing 👍

[@MarcusT86]

Absolutely amazing result. Loved this series. Just beautiful work and craftsmanship. I wish I could do this!

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated & I'm glad you enjoyed it 👍 We each have our own acquired skills, there's many things I can't do 🤷‍♂️😂👍

[@user-cz9ct7km2m]

Another great episode gid 👍👍👍

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated 👍😊

[@mikehewitt6484]

That looks brilliant Gid ! 👍🏻

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, glad you like it, much appreciated 👍😊

[@blotontheland]

A really great set of videos there Gid, the detail you go into really comes through in your finished work. I would love to see how you prepared for these builds, looking at that corner detail shows that you have put some though into the aesthetics and what the finishes will be like. loving all the new toys that you keep showing.

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated, glad you think so & that you like them 👍😊 I pretty much always do a 2D drawing in CAD, for my own plans & to show the client a true to scale image of what we'll have discussed. This job was a little in flux, the size of the mattress & what could be fitted up to the window determined how wide the bed was, the length is a fairly standard length mattress, the height was determined by the bulkhead box, the headboard, shelf unit & the box at the bottom of the bed changed a couple of times before the final build. You might notice the door frames, skirting & architrave got fitted along the way, I was doing those at the same sort of time, & I was also having to do bits in the other bedroom building a wardrobe & shelves to appease the decorators,. I've got those clips & am going to upload them to YT when edited. That's why I couldn't upload at the time, I was doing everything at the same time 😊😵😂 then i got poorly 😐

[@alwill450]

brilliant job GID, great to see you back

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated 👍 I'm getting back up n running slowly & I'll have more videos in the future but these are clips from 2022 before I got poorly,

[@garvielloken3929]

**** Me!!! 😱😱🤯🤯🤯🤩🤩🤩 That was spectacular!!!!! That small corner was brilliant! That window sill was pissing me off! Why didnt you just cut it off. Amazing work Gid

[@Gidjoiner]

Thanks much appreciated, glad you like it 👍 I never cut off things like cills, this type of thing maybe built in but is classed as temporary/semi permanent, when someone one day removes this they don't want to find some muppet has cut the end of the cill off. The same goes for scribing around skirting, remove the cupboard & find some lazy d*ck has cut a slot in the skirting instead of taking the time to scribe around it. 😡

[@garvielloken3929]

@@Gidjoiner sH*T! Looks like i may get a few calls in the future 😆😆

[@joroyle8108]

Beautiful job gid

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou very much 👍😊

[@michaelplays2449]

Lovely workmanship Gid , well done

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated I'm glad you like it 👍

[@markrobinson1458]

Lovely job, the client must be well pleased 👍

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated 👍 Yep I think so, there's a couple of small jobs to do in that house & it sounds like I'm respraying that desk next.😊

[@stuartgooda5258]

Lovely job

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated , glad you think so 👍 😊

[@jamiechappell44]

Great job mate

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated 👍😊

[@Pete.Ty1]

👍👍👍. Thanks Gid. 👌👏

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, & you're welcome, much appreciated 👍

[@miller745]

Looks great!

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated, glad you like it 👍

[@johnmulcahy4897]

Qaulity job mate!

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated 👍😊

[@garvielloken3929]

I re watched the whole bed series again. I pick up on & learn so many things the more i watch. 1 question. I see you work with MDF quite a bit. Is there any particular screw brand you use?

[@james6609]

brilliant job as always its a shame that they did not have you to make the desk and wardrobe as your finish is so much better

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated 👍 I've been asked to spray the desk top 😂 need to upgrade my spray mask setup to an air fed one first 👍

[@james6609]

@@Gidjoiner yes indeed your health is the most important and i know you will make a super job of the desk spraying as you did with the spraying of the bed and shelves mind yourself

[@robenhenni8463]

fantastic weather as always with an eye for detail, the PU paint is much stronger as you can see. groeten uit holland

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated 👍 Yep I'm not 100% better yet but 10x better than last yr so getting back up n running slowly, these are from 2022 but I'll be back at it properly in a while & i'll keep filming 👍

[@davidkerr2285]

Another fine job Mate 👏, that slatted wall panelling looks nice, where is that sourced from ?. The wee blue corner trim is a nice touch 👌🏻 .

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated 👍 Yep I like the corner, I'd have been happier if it had gone together tighter 🤷‍♂️ but it looked ok in the end😊 This is the page I've got bookmarked for the panelling, the client bought it so I think it is the one she bought www.thewoodveneerhub.co.uk/products/acupanel-concrete-grey-acoustic-wood-panel?_pos=8&_sid=bc922e97f&_ss=r.

[@allanstephenson3083]

Cracking job, well done.

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated 👍😊

[@jwbjoinery3623]

First class work yet again mate 👏👏

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, nice to hear, much appreciated 👍😊

[@amoret6108]

Nice job, I can see you being asked to sort out the desk top.

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated 👍 It's already happened, been asked & maybe the wk after next, I still have the paint that was supposed to be used if I'd done it, I'm looking onto updating my spray mask setup to an air fed before I do any more of that tho. 👍

[@doctorlove2022]

Very neat gid well impressed Gid could you give a little information on you spray gun and sort of paint you use to spray grate finish Thank you

[@Gidjoiner]

Thankyou, much appreciated 👍 The spraygun I use the most the one in the videos is a Devilbiss FLG5 with 1.8mm nozzle, if you buy that you prob won't need another gun. There's a few different kinds of paint but some, I can't say all, are very hard & because of that they're brittle, the wood underneath is relatively soft so it chips easily when knocked. That's why I use one called PU enamel, it has a flexibility to it, when the wood gets banged this paint flexes, it dents rather than chipping 👍 It's also impervious to most household chemicals & acetone that is in nail varnish remover so good for kitchens & vanity unit tops.. I don't know if it's impervious to the oil that made a mark on the desk made by someone else that I showed at the end of this vid, I might test it if I can get some of the oil.

[@doctorlove2022]

thanks very much for taking the time to reply

[@Gidjoiner]

No problem 👍

[@gavbansal967]

Thanks as always for your vids. Just wondering what your thoughts are on the Dewalt biscuit joiner. I've got one (corded) and from new there's been is play on the plastic guide rails, so the body rocks slightly on them. I've replaced them and the results were still the same. I then shimmed the body with aluminium tape and that's improved the play and accuracy quite a bit. The Makita biscuit joiner has metal rods as guides which seems a much better idea and perhaps more accurate. Have you noticed any difference in accuracy between the two?

[@Gidjoiner]

You're welcome & thankyou 👍 I just had a look at the corded Dewalt & no there's zero play in the guide rails & it's many yrs old, if you've replaced the rods I suspect something wrong with the machining of the metal parts not the plastic 🤷‍♂️. I bought the makita to get away from being corded, most of my batteries are Makita & I didn't want another charger in the van, but I later swallowed my pride or whatever & bought the cordless Dewalt, can't really explain but it is lighter. I'll have a look later but play like that is something I would pick up on so without looking I'd say no no play in that either. 👍

[@gavbansal967]

@@Gidjoiner Thanks Gid, no rush. It took me ages to work out what the problem with my biscuit joiner was, I kept on thinking it was down to technique. The firmer I held the machine to the wood the worse it got, then the error would compound when you're machining the mating part, it really put me off using one. So when I finally thought to look into it, it was out of warranty. I did look into new castings, but they were stupid money (more than brand new Erbauer biscuit joiner) so decided to go with the aluminium tape. When I dug down into the detail, it looks like the plastic rails are used on another biscuit joiner (Elu?), so I don't think they came up with the design themselves, the dewalts may be just rebadged. Anyway, enough rambling, keep up the good work and I hope you're getting more of your strength back.

[@Gidjoiner]

@@gavbansal967 Hi, Elu were taken over by Dewalt, when I first started we had Elu mitre saws after the rebrand the colour changed from grey to yellow but they were & are pretty much the same as they were before they got rebranded, it was a long time ago tho so how, why etc. your plastic rails are called Elu I don't know.