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Here's the bed being assembled in our bedroom, one of my dogs got in the picture, but he's kinda shy.  it doesn't look like a king size (eastern king) bed but it is. Attached Images
Reply:here's the wood slats that goes in between the three rails. Attached Images
Reply:with mattress Attached Images
Reply:with some generic sheets, duvet cover, and pillows.yup, i forgot to buy the sheets, guess i'll have to use the generic ones that came with the bed tonight. Attached Images
Reply:Looks good Oxy, nice modern design and plenty strong enough.One problem though, in the first pic there seems to be somebody already hiding under your bed in anticipation to see some action.Only need to put a few miles on it now.
Reply:Nice bed !! You will be good to tie up your gf pretty good :PI like it
Reply:I like how it came out.  Is the footboard shorter than the headboard, or are they the same height?  Hard to tell from the photos.
Reply:Originally Posted by alteredNice bed !! You will be good to tie up your gf pretty good :PI like it
Reply:any  "oscillations " in the long dimensions, has  plenty of gusset . but certain activities involving floor-based  vectors  from the side of the bed , where there is no gusset between the legs and the frame,  could lead to some swaying or worse, bending. depends on how active things get..have fun.
Reply:Hope you got insurance that looks like a toe breaker. Good work!!!safety last
Reply:You may start a trend. I to want to build a bed frame. So instead of every other thread bring about welding carts or tables it will be about beds.Dave ReberWadsworth Ohio
Reply:Originally Posted by weldbeadany  "oscillations " in the long dimensions, has  plenty of gusset . but certain activities involving floor-based  vectors  from the side of the bed , where there is no gusset between the legs and the frame,  could lead to some swaying or worse, bending. depends on how active things get..have fun.
Reply:DON'T FORGET THE ACCESSORIESI see industrial nookie in your futureYou did a very nice job of fabricating the bed frame Attached Images"Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/
Reply:Think it should have some D-rings and a coil of no cut ankle rope, just kiddin, nice work."Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum"Lincoln Idealarc 250 AC/DCMillermatic 251   Syncrowave 300   30A spoolgunLincoln MP210Hypertherm 45(2) LN 25(2) Lincoln Weldanpower 225 CV(4) SA200   1 short hood    SA250    SAM 400
Reply:He forgot the slide-out drawer on the front to keep all the ..... umm, accessories in .... but that can be added later.That thing looks strong enough to hold a truck off the ground ..... provided you could get a truck into the bedroom ...
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Reply:Originally Posted by SpyGuyHe forgot the slide-out drawer on the front to keep all the ..... umm, accessories in .... but that can be added later.That thing looks strong enough to hold a truck off the ground ..... provided you could get a truck into the bedroom ...
Reply:It's certainly sturdy and industrial looking.Any reason you didn't grind the welds flush on the mitered corners of the headboard and footboard?  Your design and your choices, but I kind of think smoothing the welds on the miters would have made it look, well, smoother.    The best laid schemes ... Gang oft agley ...
Reply:Samm, put those back my drawer where you found them, and step awaykolot, thanks.  D-rings next time maybe.  If i were too concerned about all the accessories, the project would come with 93/87 degree right angles.  I'm still a noobSpyGuy, about holding off a truck off the ground: I'm not certain how tough, but both head an foot board are pretty tough.  3 rails that goes between them are 80" long (two 2x2x3/16 angle iron on sides and 2x2x3/16 square tubing)  basically, each rail is secured down with 4 bolts 2.5" and 6" from either end.  by my "calculations" they would hold bed, people and a certain mount of "abuse".  I sure like to know how much weight something like this will hold though.  maybe a structural engineer could chime in?truck.. maybe its easier to get the bedroom INTO that truck then the other way around?ZTFab, many thanks man, couldn't have done it without someone showing me the way and letting me use all the cool toys in the shop   Rojo, in the automobile world, a tundra will never handle like a miata.  in the world of women, it IS possible to have one that hauls and tow as much as a Freightliner, handles like a small, mid-engine, sports coupe, yet still maintain the silhouette of a mini-cooper.  you just gotta know where to look.
Reply:Getting the truck in the bedroom would be easy - messy and costly, but easy ....  Have a few too many, rev 'er up, and aim .... Well, you wanted a new window there, anyway, right?(Going to digress for just a sec: What I just posted reminds me of an article I read of this guy who was demo'ing his house, flattening it so he could build a new one.  Well, instead of doing it the "normal" way, he had this old rusted-out Cadillac in the backyard (y'all see where I'm going with this?), and decided to throw a house-demolition party.  The bad ol' Cad got some extra front-end protection welded on, plus some shielding over the windshield, and was used as the mobile wrecking ball, run up to speed and plowed into the walls of the house.  A Cadillac-retrieval system using a Jeep and a Chevy 4x4 would haul the Cadillac back out with their winches, and prepare it for the next run.  About four or five runs later, the police showed up after receivng an emergency call from a hysterical woman - she was reporting a terrible accident, a car running into a house!  The owner of the property showed his permits, that all the gas and electricity was turned off and he was following all safety regulations (okay, ALMOST all), and after the police watched a run or two with the Cadillac, left them to their demolition party.  Talk about a fun way to knock down a house!)Rojo, women in my vocabulary are not referred to as "trucks".  ("Diesels," maybe, but never just "trucks" .... that's something else again, though .... )  Personally, I like 'em with more curves than a roomful of Corvettes, smooth as the ride in a new Cadillac, and as wild to handle as a Shelby Cobra with a 427 side-oiler ...
Reply:I hear you guys. On the other hand, a girl labeled as a 'truck' will soon morph into a girl labeled as a 'Tank'. And tanks are unruly, they tend to eat up a lot of fuel, and the ride, while interesting when viewed from a distance is in fact rough, uncomfortable, hot and nasty. And there is always a lot of clean up after riding a tank.On the other hand, MarkBall and Spectre would agree with me, a jet fighter, or riding a rocket ship would be much more exciting!!!And then, after so much work...... you have it in your hand, and you look over to your side...... and the runner has run off. Leaving you holding the prize, wondering when the runner will return.
Reply:a guy around here back before my time won a contract for a freeway widening project.  well in order to widen the freeway 100+ houses needed to be demolished.         He purchased a war surplus's demilitarized Sherman tank and fitted it with some guarding and other junk to make it the best house demo tool for miles.   IT worked rather well for some time until he hit a house that an old Portuguese couple had excavated a wine cellar under it.   That thing dropped into that hole so quick and so fast he had NO idea what the hell just happened.   took em a couple of weeks to get it out.    They ended up digging a ramp and drove it back out the hole under its own power.Vantage 500's LN-25's, VI-400's, cobramatics, Miller migs, synch 350 LX, Powcon inverters, XMT's, 250 Ton Acurrpress 12' brake, 1/4" 10' Atlantic shear,Koikie plasma table W/ esab plasmas. marvel & hyd-mech saws, pirrana & metal muncher punches.
Reply:nice work, those slats will give her somehting to hold on to
Reply:My woman LOVES that bed!  Great.  Now I have to make one...  What do you have invested in it?  Have a Jeep Cherokee?  Click Here!
Reply:$350 in steel, $50 in wood.Very nice bed, in deed!I've just one question. Is it the standard procedure over there to put the single slats directly to the frame? In Europe you usually lay a separate (often adjustable) slatted frame into the bed frame. Attached Images
Reply:two slats for mine.  I think, typically, anything over queen size 72" wide will take two slats.  The Queen size bed i had before this one was like that.  I thought about making curved slats, but I really can't wait to sleep on it.  the slats i used didn't flex at all, so i think i wont make the curved ones (laminate).Last edited by oxy moron; 11-10-2009 at 03:37 PM.
Reply:Yes, of course. One set per side. But what I meant is something like this. A separate wooden frame with lots of "wooden leaf springs", connected to the subframe with rubber elements for even more movement. Different spring rates for different parts of the body, some sections with adjustable rates. Attached Images
Reply:thats all nice and good, but its beyond my "fabrication" skills.  I've only been welding for 8 months.  Before that, my attitude was--- just buy it, it will cost the same as making one anyway.  Now i'm realizing, aside from being able to tout "i made this!", i can customize things the way I WANT it.  Not to mention, if a tree-shade-non-fabricator like me with less then 8 months experience can make a bed that doesn't squeak under "normal-use*" then that doesn't say much about store bought stuff.i'll get off the soap box now.that looks like an intriguing design, and i have never seen it before (besides slats that bow upwards).  Frankly, i'm not all that creative, I copied and tweaked the use of slats from an Ikea bed i had before.  i guess my excuse is that, if a mattress is good enough, it wont need all the fancy slats :P*i am aware normal-use is subjective.  My definition of normal use does not include, nor limited to: electric/fuel/solar powered motors, heavy duty ratcheting straps (only light/medium duty), any propulsion device, cranes, hydraulics, heavy duty restraints, electricity (except when Samm comes over), external heat source (my oxy/ace kit stays in the garage).  the rest is fair game.  all propulsion are manual, human generated.Last edited by oxy moron; 11-10-2009 at 05:43 PM.
Reply:Sorry, but you've got me totally wrong. This has nothing to do with welding capabilities in any way! I've never thought about building such a slat frame by yourself, and neither did I. I'm not that much into woodworking. You simply buy them fully assembled and lay them into an existing bed frame. And they're not that expensive either, especially when you buy straight from the manufacturer. The one in the foreground of the picture is about $150 for a size of 1 x 2 metres. And yes, you would use two frames for a bed of your size.I went from simple bowed slats to such a frame two years ago. I should have done that a long time before...
Reply:oh, in that case, i didn't even think to buy it bc i have never seen this product before.  It might not even fit my bed.  My mattress is 76" wide x80" long (193cmx203cm).  its commonly called the "eastern king."  East as in east coast of US and A, while i live on the west coast of US, its difficult finding sheets for it in the big box stores around here.I might be interested in looking at the one which the head is not adjustable.  I never been to europe (maybe one day) so i'm not sure what type of bedding is popular there.  the one that the head is adjustable seems to me will work better with cots, or thinner mattress.  My bed was designed around a 14 inch thick mattress, I doubt i'll even notice a 3 inch bow.  If i were sleeping on a thinner mattress or a cot, then I'm sure i'll feel it.did you make that bed?  i like the outside railing, much more decorative then mine.Last edited by oxy moron; 11-11-2009 at 03:56 AM.
Reply:A 14" mattress explains a lot. Mine is half that height and that's already quite high by European standards. But still way under 14" even with the slatted frame combined.You never feel the bow. It's there to give you more "suspension travel" with softer slats. The goal is to keep the spine in a straight line when you lay on your side.That easter king dimensions are really impressive. There are no frames of that style over here to cover the complete area with a single frame. You would go with two frames and of course two mattresses. As an advantage of this setup any movement on one side of the bed will not be transferred to the other side; or at least not in full. Btw., there are motorized frames available to change the frame position for reading or watching tv in a more convenient style. Like in the BnL commercial (Wall-e):"And with our all-access hoverchairs, even grandma can join the fun! There's no need to walk!" The disadvantage of the European style: there are no used metal bed frames available from dumpster diving for cheap projects.Yes, I did the bed in 2007. Unfortunately I didn't have an own real camera at that time, so picture quantity of that project and picture quality are substandard.The frame is made from 80x30x3 mm tube, an extremely simple design. The outside railings have billet steel end caps welded in and threaded for the total of 16 M10 grade 8 bolts which hold that thing together. Attached Images
Reply:if there had to be some horizontal bolts, i think your way is one of the better ways of doing it.  for the size of your bed, I assume its for one person, it seems pretty solid.  nice wood work, too, btw
Reply:Nice bed work.  I was thinking about building one after seeing all of the beds you guys have built.  But i got a headboard and footborad given to me    I got them all set up tossed on the split boxspring and it was like a see-saw!  Apparently it was built for a solid single boxspring.  After some thinking i came up with this solution to make the split box work.I cut a 1-1/4"sq x .120" wall to 2" in length, then cut the "top" out.  i then welded it to the old bed frame, and placed a 1" square piece of tubing between them and we are good to go.  It was a cheap and fairly easy way to make the bed frame work, and it can still be taken apart and moved.  So far so good.  I've made it 3 nights and she hasen't fell yet
Reply:That is an awesome bed!