Stake Bed
Posted in Uncategorized on 12/07/2008 02:08 am by admin
Stake Bed
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 Heritage 10 Stake Bed Truck Nice  US $10.00
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 Hot Wheels 237 Ford Stake Bed Truck 7s US $3.99
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 1934 FORD STAKE BED TRUCK RED 1 18 DIECAST NIB US $19.95
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 HO Athearn John Deere 1 87 Stake Bed Trucks 2 US $26.95
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American Heirloom Quality Wall beds Are Unrivaled
Something that should give us all pause is the ongoing flight of skilled manufacturing jobs from America. It’s been happening for decades now, but the pace has accelerated dramatically during the past few years. It isn’t just the auto manufacturers who are closing plants either. If you check the labels, everything from the toys your children play with to the sink in your kitchen, Armoires in your bedrooms and the shoes on your feet are likely made in China. There’s reason to think about this situation, not just because of the jobs that are at stake or the skills that are disappearing offshore, but also because of the increasing rarity of high quality, heirloom grade products.
Consider a company like Furniture Traditions. An American manufacturer of home furnishings, this firm’s artisans use traditional techniques that used to be commonplace but are becoming rare as furniture manufacturers continually move toward higher volume production and cheaper products. Whether it’s a spindle bed, nightstand or Wall beds, heirloom quality furniture is built to be a functional showpiece that lasts; it’s an investment. Firms in this class produce bench made furniture, meaning that a highly skilled craftsman individually works on each piece -you can actually determine exactly who built the furniture by locating their signature! Construction features the strength of 3/4 inch plywood backs, countersunk screws and Northern Red Oak. With this “no-flex” construction and bench made attention to detail, you can remove the drawers from a dresser, put them on their side and stand on them without doing any damage.
It’s not just the strength of construction that makes American-built heirloom quality furniture stand out from the mass produced offerings from overseas. Take Armoires from Furniture Traditions and a discount furniture retailer and put them side by side. You’ll immediately notice the difference. Doors open and shut more smoothly and with less gaps, there’s no paper, plastic or fake veneer on the heirloom piece and while you can likely lift the discount version yourself (thanks to pressboard backing and use of pine), there’s no way that Oak Armoire’s moving without help. You could do the same thing with Wall beds, except it’s difficult to even find a product like this from the lower end and self-assembly companies. Wall beds are complicated and with their structural requirements, would be difficult to manufacture and ship cheaply. You can certainly find some nice examples made in America from Red Oak, though.
About the Author
Ken Henderson is a woodworking hobbyist and contributor to “American Armoires,” a journal dedicated to following the few remaining heirloom furniture manufacturers in the US who still practice the “bench made” method. Ken recently wrote a feature on Furniture Traditions, a company that’s gained a loyal customer following for their Red Oak series. Ken travelled to the plant, interviewed the founders as well as several of the craftsmen who build the products and watched the assembly of one of the company’s popular Wall beds.
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Stake Body for Truck Bed $39.99 Stake Body for Truck Bed - Giclee Print |
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AMT Ford Stake Bed Model Kit $29.99 Classic American Ford! Fully detailed motor! Build, customize, and admire! The Ford Stake Truck, built upon a classic Ford C-600 chassis, features a fully detailed motor and chassis with tilt-cab body. Colorful decal options are included for the cab doors. Molded in white and clear with chrome plated parts, black vinyl tires and colorful decals. This is a 1:25 scale skill level 3 model kit that requires paint and glue. |
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Bushwacker Bed Caps - Ridge Back Bed Rails [99-Up Chevrolet Silverado;;01-Up Chevrolet Silverado Heavy Duty Long Bed w/ Stake Pockets] $73 Bushwacker Bed Caps - Ridge Back Bed Rails |
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Bushwacker Bed Caps - Smooth Back Bed Rails [99-Up Chevrolet Silverado;;01-Up Chevrolet Silverado Heavy Duty Long Bed w/ Stake Pockets] $73 Bushwacker Bed Caps - Smooth Back Bed Rails |
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Bushwacker Bed Caps - Smooth Back Bed Rails [99-Up GMC Sierra;;01-Up GMC Sierra Heavy Duty Long Bed w/ Stake Pockets] $73 Bushwacker Bed Caps - Smooth Back Bed Rails |
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Stake Land $8.99 Stake Land |
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Stake That $9.99 The edgy young vampire series continues! A fresh voice and fresh blood-it adds up to one very sassy vampire series... Sisters. They'll swipe your clothes, your boyfriends, your destiny. But it wasn't exactly Rayne's twin Sunny's fault. Magnus, a vamp hottie and coven leader, mistook Sunny for Rayne last month and bit her instead. Now they're doing the inter-species dating thing. Turns out that for every generation, there's a Vampire Slayer-and this time around, it just happens to be Rayne MacDonald. Her first mission: infiltrate a seedy vamp bar downtown and expose its vampire owner for purposely spreading a blood disease he created himself-a task almost harder than passing trig. After going it alone once, Rayne realizes she needs help. So Magnus sends his sexy Goth buddy Jareth to go undercover with her. And, frankly, Rayne wouldn't mind going under the covers with him. Maybe fate doesn't bite after all... |
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Stake That! $3.95 The edgy young vampire series continues A fresh voice and fresh blood-it adds up to one very sassy vampire series... Sisters. They'll swipe your clothes, your boyfriends, your destiny. But it wasn't exactly Rayne's twin Sunny's fault. Magnus, a vamp hottie and coven leader, mistook Sunny for Rayne last month and bit her instead. Now they're doing the inter-species dating thing. Turns out that for every generation, there's a Vampire Slayer-and this time around, it just happens to be Rayne MacDonald. Her first mission: infiltrate a seedy vamp bar downtown and expose its vampire owner for purposely spreading a blood disease he created himself-a task almost harder than passing trig. After going it alone once, Rayne realizes she needs help. So Magnus sends his sexy Goth buddy Jareth to go undercover with her. And, frankly, Rayne wouldn't mind going under the covers with him. Maybe fate doesn't bite after all... |