On 8/12/2016 3:19 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Friday, August 12, 2016 at 3:57:17 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
On 8/12/2016 1:57 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Friday, August 12, 2016 at 2:46:05 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
On 8/12/2016 12:39 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
I'm moving along on my bed build and now need to assemble the headboard. I
could really use some confidence building advice.
The bed will be similar to this, but I'm sure that my headboard is being
built differently. I believe that they used solid 4x4's for the uprights
and mortised the horizontal slats into them.
https://img0.etsystatic.com/052/0/90...20270_c0a1.jpg
All of the wood I bought on Craigslist is 1 11/64" thick, therefore I will
be sandwiching the horizontal boards between 2 vertical boards so that the
uprights will essentially be ~3 1/2" x 3 1/2".
https://images.craigslist.org/00D0D_...O_1200x900.jpg
The bottom of the uprights, below the horizontals, will simply be a
sandwich of 3 vertical pieces, similar to how I made the foot board legs.
The other difference is that my horizontal boards are narrower, so I
will need 5, maybe 6, horizontals instead of the 3 that they used.
That is a lot of moving parts for me to keep square during the glue up. My
current plan is to use biscuits to make one big panel out of the
horizontals and then glue the uprights to the front and back of the panel.
I also plan to use 2 screws on each end of the horizontals, from the back
to the front of the uprights. I would then plug the screw holes with
matching wood.
OK, now that I've gotten that plan out of my head and in writing, it
suddenly doesn't sound so hard. :-) In any case, I'm open to suggestions,
words of encouragement, etc. Does anything in my plan sound any alarms?
Thanks!
I can t really suggest anything but I am currently working on a foot
board and head board for a customer.
You can look here and use the right on the right side of the screen to
see the progress. If you have any specific questions let me know.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb112...posted-public/
Uh...yeah...I've been following your project. It's just a tad above my
pay grade. ;-)
I'm Confused at what yu are calling "uprights".
I'm not sure what else to call them. The front legs? The headboard posts?
Either works. ;~)
If you look at the headboard in this image, you'll see 3 horizontal slats
and 2 vertical "uprights", one on each side. The bed rails protrude
perpendicularly from what I am calling the uprights.
https://img0.etsystatic.com/052/0/90...20270_c0a1.jpg
As I said in my OP, they used solid 4x4's as the uprights. I don't have
4x4's available so...
On my headboard, those uprights will be a sandwich comprised of 2 vertical
boards and the ends of the horizontal boards. I can take a picture when
I get home, but a side view would be something like this:
S = Side grain of vertical boards
E = End grain of horizontal boards
R = Bed Rail
S S
SES
SES
SES
SES
SES
SES
SSSRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
SSS
SSS
SSS
SSS
When you sandwich will you allow enough room for the horizontal panel to
expand and contract which climate change?
I did not have 4x4's either. I ran a rabbet along two sides of the post
to lock the other sides together to form a 3.5x3.5 post.
In my set up I am using Domino's and screwing through the hollow legs
into the edge of the center panel. then I will plug the holes, stain
and varnish.