Mar 5, 2010

Use The Right Woodworking Bed Plans For Your Bed Project

To build a good bed, then you must have good woodworking bed plans. Why? Because without good woodworking plans, you are sure to fail in building your bed. Good plans shall provide you with all the guides and details for building a good bed.

Even if you do not wish to buy any plans whatsoever for your bed project, you will still need to do some sketching to figure out how the end product will be. You will also need to figure out the following :

1. The type and size of your bed. You need to determine what bed is it going to be. A double decker? A king size bed or perhaps a queen size?

2. The design of the bed. How do you want your bed to look like? Modern, classic, European and so on.

3. The materials needed for your construction. What kind of timber or wood do you need? Do you need plywood? What kind of materials do you need for the headboard?

4. The tools and equipment needed. Do you need to have a chainsaw? How about a circular saw? And do you need to have squares?

5. The dimensions of various parts of the bed. To cut the stock or wood to form parts of the bed, you need to have the exact dimensions of each part. Or else you will not be able construct the bed. And even if you manage to do so, (which I doubt) assembling the bed is going to be a problem to you.

6. The steps for building the bed. You need to know the order of building the bed to smooth the building process.

Now, the above you must do. I have been in the construction industry for 20 years and I can tell you that the above is very, very important. Find your self good woodworking bed plans, the ones that provide you with all of the above, and not woodworking bed plans which provide you with sketchy details. That will make your woodworking much easier.

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