Mrs C
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I am modifying an old single bed to make a box seat by chopping the side rail into 3 and bringing the footboard closer to the head board. The bed looks like it was originally made out of reclaimed wood, full of knots and nothing particularly flat.
It’s got to come apart for transport as it’s too heavy to be moved as one. Currently the side rails are mortised (no tenons just the whole rail slotted in) into the post and screwed together with a block on the inside attached to rail and post. I could repeat this or another option is bed fittings as per the pic attached but I don’t fancy drilling through 100mm of post.
Has anyone got a suggestion for a better way of doing it?
It’s got to come apart for transport as it’s too heavy to be moved as one. Currently the side rails are mortised (no tenons just the whole rail slotted in) into the post and screwed together with a block on the inside attached to rail and post. I could repeat this or another option is bed fittings as per the pic attached but I don’t fancy drilling through 100mm of post.
Has anyone got a suggestion for a better way of doing it?