The beds

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Construction was pretty basic.  Wanted them to be a little decorative, so I cut a beam into a 3" square, and notched it with a dado blade.  I put a bevel on the top with a chop saw, then squared up the end of the notch with a chisel.  Offset the notch so there was a little more wood in the inside corner where the sides were screwed in.  Here is a closeup of a corner.

The center posts were done the same way, with an offset to give more meat for the screws to bite into.

And here are the finished beds inthe late afternoon sun.

The wood was pretty dry, so while I was cutting pieces to length, my neighbor was slopping a pretty heavy coat of boiled linseed oil on the planks for rot resistance.  I figure with the cedar, and linseed oil, those beds should last 5-10 years.  If not, I want my money back.  :-)

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