Evening all, project no 1 and post no 1. I'm looking for some specific advice as well as any general tips and pointers for my first "major" project. I will be making a single bed shortly and have been drawing and reading plans for the past month or so - so I have a general vision as to how it's all going together. However there are a couple of areas where I'm a wee bit unsure as to best way to go about things.
First some details; the bed will have to use knock down fasteners (it has to move up three flights of stairs from workshop to bedroom when its finished. The side rails and head and foot end rails will be 20 mm thick 140mm wide. The material is Ash. I had planned on using cross dowels in the side rails and pinning these through the thickness of the leg posts. However I'm beginning to think that the thickness of the tenon in the 20 mm rail may prevent that, (is there anything to prevent me from using the whole thickness as a tenon?) the bolt would have to pass lengthways though the tenon into the rail and the thickness or lack of would seem to preclude that. Am I barking up the wrong tree here? Is there a better method? I can of course glue the head and end rails and leg assemblies, they would still be portable. I'd appreciate any words of wisdom any of you may have.
Mike
As I preview this post I thought of an alternative method which would be to place cross dowels above and below the tenon into the leg itself. Any thoughts as to whether this might be a better idea?
Thanks again.
First some details; the bed will have to use knock down fasteners (it has to move up three flights of stairs from workshop to bedroom when its finished. The side rails and head and foot end rails will be 20 mm thick 140mm wide. The material is Ash. I had planned on using cross dowels in the side rails and pinning these through the thickness of the leg posts. However I'm beginning to think that the thickness of the tenon in the 20 mm rail may prevent that, (is there anything to prevent me from using the whole thickness as a tenon?) the bolt would have to pass lengthways though the tenon into the rail and the thickness or lack of would seem to preclude that. Am I barking up the wrong tree here? Is there a better method? I can of course glue the head and end rails and leg assemblies, they would still be portable. I'd appreciate any words of wisdom any of you may have.
Mike
As I preview this post I thought of an alternative method which would be to place cross dowels above and below the tenon into the leg itself. Any thoughts as to whether this might be a better idea?
Thanks again.