A bed question

[Denee007]

Well, alrighty then! I'm not ready to put the wood in yet, but getting all my ducks in a row! ; )

Blaakdiesel, I'll look into thost caps!! and Houston54, when it comes time, I will call you on that bit! That photo (really cool btw) really helped!! One more thing to keep me thinking! ; )
thanks!

Originally Posted by Houston54

You will not need that washer in that location. The bed wood will sit between that cross sill and the angle strip. There are bed to frame bolt kits that use an off-set flat washer in 6 locations to secure the bed to the frame. These bolt kits have long bolts that go through the wood, through the cross sill, through the frame member and are bolted to the bottom of the frame (at least that is how my 54 is).

The bed bolts that secure the wood to the angle strip should have a large enough head to cover the damage to that hole you show. To make sure find a 3/8-16 carriage bolt and fit it in the hole. Those are the size of those bolts if I recall correctly. Maybe 1/4-20 though.

The off-set washers are counter-sunk into the wood using a Forestner (sic?) bit which I have. Just holler and I will loan it to you.