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Morrigoon · 03-30-2009, 04:37 PM

Wait, what's the structure of the bed? Is the bottom completely slatted? (Eg: no spaces?)

Kevy Baby · 03-31-2009, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

Wait, what's the structure of the bed? Is the bottom completely slatted? (Eg: no spaces?)

The corners are 4 x 4's
Rails are 2 x 6's
2 x 4s and 1/4 ply make up the head and foot boards (between the 4 x 4 posts)
Bottom is solid (3 fit pieces of 3/4" Baltic Birch Ply.
Whole thing can be assembled (or disassembled) by one person in 5 minutes with no tools
Designed by me

3894 · 03-31-2009, 07:33 AM

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Designed by me

Genius, pure and simple genius. If you make a decent eggs benedict, I may need to write you into a novel.

Betty · 03-31-2009, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

The corners are 4 x 4's
Rails are 2 x 6's
2 x 4s and 1/4 ply make up the head and foot boards (between the 4 x 4 posts)
Bottom is solid (3 fit pieces of 3/4" Baltic Birch Ply.
Whole thing can be assembled (or disassembled) by one person in 5 minutes with no tools
Designed by me

Neato! So - between the tent and the bed and bedding, how in the heck do you manage the space to bring anything else with you?

Pirate Bill · 03-31-2009, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Designed by me

Is the design in your head or do you have it drawn up and available for me to use?

Kevy Baby · 03-31-2009, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Pirate Bill

Is the design in your head or do you have it drawn up and available for me to use?

Mostly the former (and I am not sure where the existing drawings are), but I could re-create them pretty easily. I would be more than happy to share with you. But note that I didn't design it for looks; we use this bed for camping only.

I used these as the hangers. You need two sets: one set for the rails and one set for the cross-braces between the rails.

Also, I had access to a large tenoning jig on a table saw.

Pirate Bill · 03-31-2009, 10:33 AM

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But note that I didn't design it for looks

Fine by me. I'll take whatever sketches you've got or can drum up. They don't have to be perfect. I'm often tweaking designs as I go anyway.

When I originally saw the pictures from last year's Camp Swank, my first thoughts were of wanting to crawl into your tent and fall asleep on that awesome looking bed. Then my mind went on to start designing an easy to transport easy to setup camping bed. Then I visited Google and started researching DIY yurts. Then things got busy at work again and I had to file it all away into the back of my mind.

Kevy Baby · 03-31-2009, 10:37 AM

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Then my mind went on to start designing an easy to transport easy to setup camping bed.

One modification that you may want to make is to the height of the headboard. I made it too large to even fit into our GMC Safari (which is fairly good sized). I have to put the bed on the roof for transport.

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