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After just about every woodworking project I finish for our home, my wife is generally pleased with the result, but not so happy with the film of dust covering our entire basement. Since I’d rather spend any disposable income on tools and materials than a shop door, I decided to go the “soft” route and […]
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For a novice, drawer construction is probably the most time consuming and thought provoking process of a given project. If not the construction itself, making sure the dimensions for the drawer opening, box, front and glides are all correct adds a level of difficulty that takes almost any simple project to the next level.
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Building the headboard involves many of the same techniques as used in creating the platform bed footboard. The headboard, however will be raised a good two feet above the top of the mattress.
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The footboard will consist of a face frame and a plywood backer panel. See the five general steps used to prepare and build the platform bed footboard.
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As I started detailing the process to build the headboard and footboard for a platform bed, I realized that the same techniques would be used not only on the bed drawer faces, but on countless other projects. So, I decided it best to create a separate post to go through the three-step method I use […]
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The minimum you need to get started is a face clamp, pocket hole kit, and self-tapping pocket hole screws. I’ve listed the exact products that I have for my pocket hole joinery setup. I also spent a few minutes putting together a very low budget video on it’s use!
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I opted to use a sheet of cabinet grade plywood. The 24″ width created by splitting the plywood down the middle was the perfect height for the bed frame. The difference here is that instead of “creating” the drawer opening by surrounding it with solid wood stiles and rails, I would be cutting the opening out of the plywood sheet.
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With our plan of attack in place, I was ready for the first step, creating the frame. We decided to avoid 3/4″ plywood construction after witnessing other plywood-based furniture projects fail under load. Opting for 2-by construction made sense.
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Planning the platform bed project, with drawer storage, electrical, headboard and footboard for around $300.