[Ansteorra] slat bed question

[James Crouchet]

I designed our bed to use wedge shaped pegs to hold it together. Nice period
looking idea but in practice the bed was wobbly.

Instead we now use a long ratcheting tie-down that goes all the way around
the bed frame. Snug that up and it is all solid as a rock. It is covered by
blankets so the look is not really an issue but you could take that a step
further and use rope for all but the last few feet. Then only one side would
show something that is not perioid. It won't win an A&S but it is quicker
than all those pegs, stresses the wood less (i.e. no broken tabs/holes for
the pegs) and very solid.



Christian Doré

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 3:05 PM, randel lee <randelleesmith at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
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> I was looking at making a slat bed aqnd was wondering if anyone know of a
> pattern online, or at least the size of the side and foot boards. I'm not
> sure if they should be 1x8 or 2x6 . Any information would be wonderful.
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> Thank you
>
> Randel
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