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Thanks guys - I've already arranged to send it back, as the seller has realised his mistake. With my new plan involving brackets etc, I won't be needing it now anyway. Ummm... if I wanted to smooth the edges of the side pieces of the bed, what would be the easiest way? I don't want to spend a...

Well, got the thing today... stupid question I reckon, but how do I measure whether it's ¼ or ½? Is it just the hole in the chuck? If it's been misdescribed, it's going back...

I'm (even more) confused now... if by "rails" you mean the sides of the bed, I'm planning to connect them to the legs using the brackets mentioned earlier - the glue would only be used to assemble the top and bottom sections of the bed, which I don't think should feel too much of the stress...

Oh, I've no doubt you're right - mortice and tenons etc would seem to be the professional way to do it, but beyond me. I'm thinking the cross members of the ends don't take a lot of strain - my weight will be on the slats, thus the sides, and so ultimately downwards on the legs... hopefully!

Well, the guy in the video used long screws and glue...? I thought I might put some dowels in too - as always, I don't really know what I'm doing though :unsure:

Thanks yes I just meant glue for building the ends ;)

Yes that's what I normally do - just thought there might be a clever way ;) Any particular kind of wood glue I should use? SF No Nonsense/Gorilla/Evo Stick? Or even No More Nails?

So... whichever method I choose for actually building the bed, what's the best way to cut the planks to give a precision flat end? I have a hand-held circular saw and a sharp jack saw... Oh, and is it possible to use the router in unskilled hands to smooth edges along the length of the planks etc?

Sorry mate, should have said, this is a replacement bed, so I already have a (standard double) mattress...

OK... after much deliberation, I've decided to take a pile of advice from all the suggestions above, as it's clear my ideas of how to do this were somewhat half-baked. Just out of interest, I decided to do the obvious thing, and look for "make a pine bed" on YT... came up with this excellent...

Sorry, what are dominos and biscuits? And use the router for what? - Embarrassed of NI :notworthy: {edit} sorry, lazy of me - I've Googled biscuits and dominos. I need to sit down with a nice cup of tea

Oh that looks like an idea... didn't know those existed :unsure: Hhmmm... will give that some thought... I'd still have to build the two ends of the bed though, wouldn't I? Maybe I'm wrong, but it just doesn't feel like a good idea to have those holding the ends together, as well as locating...

Umm... sorry, don't know :sick:

Well, looks like I've jumped into this without enough understanding - what's new - but I still want to try and gain some experience. At least the financial exposure is very small. So what I'd like to try, if you'll help me, is cut a simple slot, 32mm wide or so, in a scrap 3 x 3 bit of wood. I...

Cheapest I could find on eBay - a "Performance Power 1020R". Probably totally crap, but it only cost me £23 (£13 of which was delivery to NI), and it should at least teach me something... even if it's just "Get a better router" :LOL:

Heh - don't think my explanations have been terribly helpful :( That's a deeply appealing option... but I'm determined to have a go. Probably expensive lunacy, but... I just bought a cheap 2nd hand router (½") off eBay for next to nothing, so I'll play around with it on some scrap wood when it...

Ah, sorry, completely misunderstood - you can tell I'm on unfamiliar ground here. OK, understood - but if you think I'd be better using the 19/20mm cutter I'll go for that? I don't care how long it takes... Here's a couple of pictures of the existing bed. Don't worry about the red numbers. The...

Yes, I'm basing my design on my old bed, and that's what it's got. But it was built by a professional, with presumably the right machines for that sort of job... Would this one be the same? Easier for me to pop down to Screwfix... That sounds sensible. It must be very clear I haven't the...

Oo-err Missus :oops: Not as much as there used to be, but still some, and I am a big guy :giggle: OK I'm determined to go down the router route (!) and will buy a 2nd hand ½" one off eBay. I'm retired, this is just a little project to keep me busy, so if it all fails it's not the end of the...

Thanks, that's an interesting idea - but I think that would leave the bolt heads exposed? I'd like this to look natural... I'm replicating an existing bed, where you can see only wood...