"marc rosen" wrote in message
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Hello All, (No company plugs here, just providing links for detail
clarification)

I am ready to finish shaping the posts for my cherry bed and was
looking through catalogs and plans at the selection of hardware to
attach the side rails to the posts. The plans that I sort of followed
suggest a bed rail fastener similar to the type sold by Woodcraft
( http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=3269 ). When i
perused Lee Valley I found these, (
http://www.leevalley.com/home/Search.aspx?c=1&action=n
) which looks like they would be simpler to apply/attach but I'm not
as excited about this as the first example. Another method that I
can't find an exaple of is the bolt and barrel nut devices that I've
seen numerous times in Fine Woodworking.
To those who have built beds, what have you used and are you happy
with the results? Anyone tried more than one type of fastener and
found one better than the other?
Thanks again for your inputs and I hate this great weather we are now
having. It makes it real difficult to stay in the shop when it's
nice.

Marc



I have built about six or so beds and have tried a couple of different
attachment hardware fittings and always come back to the traditional bed
bolts . I usually get mine from horton brasses ,cromwell conn. Beware of the
barrel type nuts if overtightened they tend to apply pressure radially on
the wood which in turn can cause the wood to split . The plane flat nuts
distribute the load linearly. mjh