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I needed an extra bed in my old house for one of the tenants. Rather than buy something, I decided to just build
a bed out of construction lumber.
Building this bed turned out to be a one day project. I was also a little limited by the tools I had around, as I had
already moved many of the tools from my old workshop. So the only power tools I used in building this bed were
a table saw, a hand drill, a small power planer, and a belt sander.
I spent under $30 on materials, although I already had the screws and dowels. If I had bought everything, it
would still have been under $50.
I didn't actually use a single 2x4. Rather, I used spruce lumber normally used for framing. I used three 2x8's,
one 2x6, one 2x10, and two 2x2's. all 8' long.
The widest board that I was using for the head board
was actually cupped a little bit, but jigging it up for
drilling also forced it flat while clamped. After drilling
the holes, I just glued the dowels in place with the
clamps still in, so now the dowels hold it flat.
Finally, the side rails are screwed into the gaps left
on the post. I used six 2.5" #8 screws. In retrospect,
#10 screws would have been slightly better, but the
#8 screws was what I had lying around.
I am rather satisfied with how little time it took to build this bed, and how solid the whole thing ended up.
With the very solid looks of it, it just screams "build a king size bed like this". Which I may still at some point. I
think the proportions would work well.
Building a daybed