question for the wreck, I need to build a mattress platform to replace
my breaking boxspring. My idea is make an x shaped middle with a frame
around the outside, but SWMBO wants supports every 10-15 inches to
support the top board. Now the question is which would be stronger? The
bed needs to support just under 600 pounds.
Thanks in advance
Andy
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In article <[email protected]>,
"Leslie G" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Andy Leavens" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > question for the wreck, I need to build a mattress platform to replace
> > my breaking boxspring. My idea is make an x shaped middle with a frame
> > around the outside, but SWMBO wants supports every 10-15 inches to
> > support the top board. Now the question is which would be stronger? The
> > bed needs to support just under 600 pounds.
(missed OP...)
I once made a platform bed with an X support. One long 5/8 ply diagonal
and 2 shorts which met at the middle. At center were 4 2x2
through-bolted with, IIRC, 1/4 hex-head bolts. If I knew then what I
know now, I'd've put a 1x3 or so rim under the edge of the main
platform, which was also 5/8 ply. Top was screwed to more 2x2 along the
top edge of the bottom X. I think I used two sheets of ply and two 8'
2x2s.
The top was wider than the mattress by a butt-length, and the height
was from the floor to the bottom of my thigh. It is so nice to have
furniture that fits you personally.
One could half-lap the bottom, but all I had then was a craftsman sabre
saw. I had loads of fun ripping those plywood sheets!
This was grad school days...The mattress' tag said it had been
REmanufactured the year I was born!
(I later used the larger piece of the top for a desk, and just last
week ripped it again to underlay my workbench top. Wanna see me make a
nickel scream?)
--
"Keep your ass behind you."
Try building the undersupport frame in the shape
of a giant "A", as in Atkins.
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Andy Leavens <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> question for the wreck, I need to build a mattress platform to replace
> my breaking boxspring. My idea is make an x shaped middle with a frame
> around the outside, but SWMBO wants supports every 10-15 inches to
> support the top board. Now the question is which would be stronger? The
> bed needs to support just under 600 pounds.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Andy
>
> remove a word to reply
I made my bed with support every 24" or so out of 2x3's. Then topped it with
1/4" plywood. Works great and solid as a rock. Weighs a ton though. I put 6
wheels under it so I can move it around.
Leslie
--
She's got tools, and she knows how to use them.
The legs aren't too bad either!
"Andy Leavens" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> question for the wreck, I need to build a mattress platform to replace
> my breaking boxspring. My idea is make an x shaped middle with a frame
> around the outside, but SWMBO wants supports every 10-15 inches to
> support the top board. Now the question is which would be stronger? The
> bed needs to support just under 600 pounds.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Andy
>
> remove a word to reply
>