DIY Queen Size Floating Bed and 2 sets of bunk beds

[backwoodsshooter]

alright guys, believe it or not I love building stuff on my on.

Got most if not all the stuff to build these and have them mostly square lol.

Plans I’m following http://myoutdoorplans.com/bed/floating-bed-frame-plans/



I was able to pick up a sliding miter saw from Home Depot for a decent price.

But anywho, tools aside I’m going to have roughly 125-150 in martial cost for the Queen, not sure yet in the bunk beds.

Not including the stuff I can reuse like the jig, stands, clamps, or the screws.

Nothing is glued and screwed yet lol.

More to come over the next few days

The frame below is the base of the floater for the Queen.

Added the finished base. Only 1/2” off from square. Not bad I guess

 

[backwoodsshooter]

Got the top portion all but done.

Got to lay the plywood and trim.

Best part is, I got the mother brother less than a 1/16” off square lol.

And done

 

[backwoodsshooter]

Reserved

 

[Burt Gummer]

Reserved for sarcasm at a later date

 

[Bailey Boat]

Reserved for when that "only 1/2 inch out of square" bites someone in the butt.....

 

[J R Green]

Slow your roll dude. You just go on your feet, don't get in over your head buying stuff.

 

[GymB]

For the floater, take out everything in the center so all you have is the rectangle. Position it so the bottom is up.

Measure from one corner to the opposite corner, and then again from the other corners, push and pull until those measurements (the diagonals) are the same, the rectangle will now be square.

Tack a board from one corner to the opposite corner, be sure to nail into all 4 boards.

Flip it over and reinstall all the interior bracing plus a couple corner braces.

That is if you want it to be and remain square.

 

[Schattenreiter]

Reserved for when that "only 1/2 inch out of square" bites someone square in the butt.....

Fify.

 

[backwoodsshooter]

Reserved for when that "only 1/2 inch out of square" bites someone in the butt.....

Lol, it’s just the base and won’t be seen. I’m not perfectionist and learning as I go. I’ve built chicken coops that were 2” out lol.

Slow your roll dude. You just go on your feet, don't get in over your head buying stuff.

Thanks for the concern. But the house has to be furnished. I still have shelves to make, bunk beds to make. Tables. So all that is not just one time use, I don’t have anyone close but to borrow tools from.

I got kicked out and had very little in the way it anything. Instead of buying, everything, I invested in the tools to do more than some bedframes.

For the floater, take out everything in the center so all you have is the rectangle. Position it so the bottom is up.

Measure from one corner to the opposite corner, and then again from the other corners, push and pull until those measurements (the diagonals) are the same, the rectangle will now be square.

Tack a board from one corner to the opposite corner, be sure to nail into all 4 boards.

Flip it over and reinstall all the interior bracing plus a couple corner braces.

That is if you want it to be and remain square.

Noted. I’ll keep this in mind when I do the actual floater

 

[backwoodsshooter]

2nd post has update

 

[backwoodsshooter]

2nd post has the finished bed

Now time to put LEDs under it

 

[backwoodsshooter]

Added a few more pics after the LED install

 

[phideux]

All that lumber and framing for a bed? You could park a Peterbuilt on that thing, talk about heavy duty.

 

[backwoodsshooter]

All that lumber and framing for a bed? You could park a Peterbuilt on that thing, talk about heavy duty.

That’s the point lol. I want it to last longer and not squeak and flip around everywhere in a year or 5