headboard -
footboard
this is for a double bed,I haven't done much wood working before so I was hoping for some advice before I commit to buying the wood. I'm planning to make it out of oak.
WIll this be okay? bit overkill?
thanks,
Bed Design help, Picures inside
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headboard -
footboard
this is for a double bed,I haven't done much wood working before so I was hoping for some advice before I commit to buying the wood. I'm planning to make it out of oak.
WIll this be okay? bit overkill?
thanks,
Possible thread hijack but I'm making the same for myself at the moment.
As dzj mentions, I think the norm is to use these in the tenons
Then bolt through the post into it.
I don't really want to bolt through the post, so am trying to fathom a way to secure them without.
That's my progress so far. I like your idea of the threaded inserts for the sides, just not sure I'd like to rely on just them holding though.
Coley
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As dzj mentions, I think the norm is to use these in the tenons
Then bolt through the post into it.
I don't really want to bolt through the post, so am trying to fathom a way to secure them without.
That's my progress so far. I like your idea of the threaded inserts for the sides, just not sure I'd like to rely on just them holding though.
Coley
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Brentingby
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Usually the nut, sometimes referred to as a cross dowel, goes into the rail behind the tenon in a hole drilled on the inside of the rail. The bed bolt will typically be 100mm or more in length.
custard
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ColeyS1":3u3db7m1 said:
That's my progress so far.
Nice one Coley.
I exhibited at a county show last year and there was guy showing a very similar bed design with a waney edge header and footer.
He took at least four orders from it (and he certainly wasn't giving it away) while I didn't get a sausage
Thanks Custard, odd how people don't appreciate fine furniture but buy ropey stuff with waney edges.custard":939c6i1h said:ColeyS1":939c6i1h said:
That's my progress so far.
Nice one Coley.
I exhibited at a county show last year and there was guy showing a very similar bed design with a waney edge header and footer.
He took at least four orders from it (and he certainly wasn't giving it away) while I didn't get a sausage
Been all morning removing the bark and sanding it up. Just got the legs glued and clamped on. I would have liked to have given it a lick of oil before hanging my apron up for the day.
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