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joey@joeysgarage.com |
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The wood I have chosen to go with is
red wood that I picked up at the local home improvement shop. This
being a process in it's self. With most home improvement shops, what
they carry for hardwoods is limited and in this case, I moved every board
off of the shelves and hand picked the best ones. |
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The width
of each board for this long bed, 1948 GMC with 9 boards are as followed:
Boards 1
& 9 = 4-1/2"
Boards 2
& 9 = 5"
Boards
3,4,6 & 7 = 5-1/2"
Board 5
(center board) 6-3/8"
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Having a neighbor that is into wood
working, it made cutting the wood much easier and cheaper than me having to
go out and buy a table saw. |
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After taking the wood back out of
the bed, the bed was lifted and the truck rolled underneath the bed and then
lowered down. |
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Bed on the truck with wood back in
one more time. With the wood in the bed, it was out of the way and
protected. |
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Bed setting on frame with temporary
blocking while the wood gets stained and coated with urethane. |
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Before staining the wood, with a
small rotary tool, I cut little groves about a foot long from the edge of
the board to the lowest part in the long groove at the same depth as that
groove. This way water would have a way to run out. |
