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A_broken_leg_or_the_carpenter_the_best_surgeon.jpg1800 social caricature print: The Carpenter the Best Surgeon244 views"Halloo Young Glewpot-de ye see Jack Junk has Shivered his Timbers--and wee want a Splice here."Sgt42RHR
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test_folding_cot_leg_mortise_and_tenon.JPG1800 social caricature print: The Carpenter the Best Surgeon170 views"Halloo Young Glewpot-de ye see Jack Junk has Shivered his Timbers--and wee want a Splice here."Sgt42RHR
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18th_Century_Folding_Cot2.jpg18th century folding cot224 viewsSiderails and legs are 1.75 x 2.0 inches oak, the bottom stretchers are .75 x 3.0 inch oak. The head and footboards are 38 x 7.5 x .75 poplar, the pins are oak. Two coats of blue milk paint topped with one coat of tung oil wiping varnish. The bed foundation is hand sewn linen canvas.Sgt42RHR
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folding_cot_overall.jpgAnother original folding cot184 viewsThis had a head and foot board at one time. Also, there are ghost prints of mortise & tenon stretchers between the bottoms of the legs as in the previous print. As in many 18th century examples of portable furniture, there is relatively little variation among exisitng examples of originals.Sgt42RHR
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Folding_cot_frame2.jpgCot frame is finished199 viewsWe have glued and drawbore pinned each of the 8 mortise and tenon joints with 3/8" oak pins we made. The legs and side rails are 1.75 inches square red and white oak.Sgt42RHR
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18th_century_folding_cot_end_view.jpgEnd view156 viewsThe cot is 34 inches between the side rails and 19 inches from the ground. The head and footboards are 7 inches tall and 38 inches wide.Sgt42RHR
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Cot_folded_up.jpgFolding cot - folded!127 viewsSgt42RHR
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Head_and_foot_board_pin_detail.jpgHead and footboard pin detail245 viewsThe head and footboards are affixed to the side rails by means of oak pins, 5/8 inch at the bottom. The pins are each attached to the head and footboards by a single rosehead nail clenched. This allows the pin to move slightly as the side rails move. It also allows the pins to swivel out of the way for travel.Sgt42RHR
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Another_Camp_Bed_End_View-1.jpgHeadboard/footboard detail168 viewsIn this original, note how the head/footboard are attached to the rails. Note there is only 1 nail attaching the vertical pins to the head/footboard.Sgt42RHR
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Another_Camp_Bed_1.jpgStretchers between legs178 viewsIn this funky original, note the stretchers that are mortised and tenoned into the legs at the bottom. This cot (as is almost every original) is quite high (30 - 36 inches). We are planning on only 20 inches high.Sgt42RHR
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folding_cot_test_leg_joint.JPGTest joint1182 views1 3/4 square rails and legs. Mortise and tenon is 1 inch wide by 1 1 1/8 inches long. Final joint will be drawbored and pinned with 3/8 inch oak pin.Sgt42RHR
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