westyss
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Mounted the bed supports with some fancy bolts (fancy to me ) I like the look of these things. This rail still needs a final sand and coat.
Also have been fiddling around with the table support, it was a bit of a struggle to get a table support that would fit the geometry that I needed, There aren't many options that will go low enough without protruding below floor level, this is one of the only ones that would work, what made it difficult was the thickness of the mattresses to be used, we have been using a six inch mattress and we really like it so that will be it.
These next two pics are obviously in the down position.
The size of bed that this makes is a couple inches narrower than a queen size bed.
And up, this particular pedestal has a gas powered cylinder to help raise the table.
Side view, neat contraption and feels solid.
I have two sliders on top of the pedestal and mounted to the table to be able to slide it forward when sitting down or when we are using the two single bed set up and watching movies we can slide the table top forward and keep our adult beverages close at hand.
In these pictures the top of the table had a roller bearing circular lazy susan slide thinking that we could rotate the table also but that has been removed, it was just not solid enough and I also felt that we didnt need it, it was a cheap test run anyway.
Made up the doors for the foot well area under the table,
closed.
open.
So for the most part the bed area is complete as far as construcion goes, still need to put the makeup on it to pretty it up a bit.
I was really avoiding installing the remaining drawers, they were taunting me and I was running away scared, those are the things that screwed my back up!! But in the end I have finished installing them and I finally showed them who was boss.
Next on the agenda is ordering foam for the bed and cushions, and starting the electrics and plumbing.
Also have been fiddling around with the table support, it was a bit of a struggle to get a table support that would fit the geometry that I needed, There aren't many options that will go low enough without protruding below floor level, this is one of the only ones that would work, what made it difficult was the thickness of the mattresses to be used, we have been using a six inch mattress and we really like it so that will be it.
These next two pics are obviously in the down position.
The size of bed that this makes is a couple inches narrower than a queen size bed.
And up, this particular pedestal has a gas powered cylinder to help raise the table.
Side view, neat contraption and feels solid.
I have two sliders on top of the pedestal and mounted to the table to be able to slide it forward when sitting down or when we are using the two single bed set up and watching movies we can slide the table top forward and keep our adult beverages close at hand.
In these pictures the top of the table had a roller bearing circular lazy susan slide thinking that we could rotate the table also but that has been removed, it was just not solid enough and I also felt that we didnt need it, it was a cheap test run anyway.
Made up the doors for the foot well area under the table,
closed.
open.
So for the most part the bed area is complete as far as construcion goes, still need to put the makeup on it to pretty it up a bit.
I was really avoiding installing the remaining drawers, they were taunting me and I was running away scared, those are the things that screwed my back up!! But in the end I have finished installing them and I finally showed them who was boss.
Next on the agenda is ordering foam for the bed and cushions, and starting the electrics and plumbing.
maybe I will get round to it yet...