[TheForge] Bed Frames

Sat Jan 11 21:16:00 2003

I built a headboard a few years ago that the customer put on wooden posts and
rails,  but I would like to build a complete bead one day.  One of the things I
had thought about was to use heavy flatbar on edge, tenons on the end then put
wedges into slots in the ends of the tenons (called tusk tenons in woodworking
).  The bed could be taken appart and the joinery would be visually interesting
a lot of work though.

John

"R.C.Mundt" wrote:

> I've built two wood beds  a full size and a double, I used 1 3/4"x 1 3/4"x
> 3/16" angle iron for the rails, I also built a queen size iron bed for my
> daughters wedding present, I believe the rails on it were 1 3/4"x 1 3/4"x
> 1/4", it had about 6  1x4 boards across the rails , these boards had 2x4
> feet in the middle that extended to the floor.  The smaller beds didn't have
> this extra support.
> I just arc welded a piece of flat iron on the ends of the rails 4 or 5
> inches long w/ a brace from the top of it down to the angle iron. Kinda
> hated to be arc welding on the iron bed because the head board and foot
> board were 100% traditional work,  but time was short before the wedding and
> Iwas worn out by the time I got to the rails-.
> On all my beds the rails just bolted to the posts.
> Randy Mundt---- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger Olsen" <[email protected]>
> To: "Art Metal" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 3:14 AM
> Subject: [TheForge] Bed Frames
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am seeking some advise from those of you who have built beds in the
> > past.
> > I just finished doing a lot of iron work for a new home.  The architect
> > designed everything;   the fire doors, lights, railing, drawer pulls,
> > bathroom and kitchen hardware, coat racks etc.  He was actually very
> > enjoyable to work with as he had a good grasp of the forging process and
> > visited the shop many times.  He also freely gave me latitude within his
> > designs.
> >
> > Anyway,  the clients would now like me to build two bed frames and some
> > end tables.  I have never built a bed before nor has the architect had
> > one built.  The architect is envisioning rails connecting the head board
> > and foot board that support cross boards that the box springs sits on.
> >
> > My questions are these;
> >
> > if the rails were made from regular mild steel angle iron what would be
> > an appropriate size.  I am assuming most bed manufacturers use some type
> > of steel other than mild and therefore get away with lighter gage.
> >
> > I would welcome any thoughts regarding rail ideas.   I am imagining
> > cutting the ends of the angle so I can bend one down at a 90% upset the
> > end and have them bolt onto the corner posts.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Roger Olsen
> >
> >
> >
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