what goes into a good quality bedframe? if i truly wanted a bed that will last me decades, what should i look for if i want one to last?
what goes into a good quality bedframe?
what goes into a good quality bedframe? if i truly wanted a bed that will last me decades, what should i look for if i want one to last?
>PrepHole
>looking to buy
you deserve what's coming for ya, boy
im told buying wood is less cost effective than buying prefab these days
>Don't be fat.
>Don't have sex.
There, now even a cheap IKEA bed will last you.
i like having sex though
just because you like it doesn't mean you are having any.
please order the ikea bed sir.
kek
steel bends tho, wouldnt hardwood be better?
tbh if i could source the wood at a sane price i could probably make a project of it. not much experience with woodwork but ive close family who do. would be a bit weird asking them to help me make a bed tho.
>steel bends tho, wouldnt hardwood be better?
Wood burns, splits, cracks, rots, warps, twists, cups and gets eaten by pests.
you say that, but ive had the same softish wood frame bought from MHF for nearly 10 years and the only reason im replacing it is for a bigger mattress.
*BHF
Doesn’t steel burn and melt too?
Man I’m getting sleepy. Maybe we should just let this thread slide off the board.
it would take something hotter than jet fuel
jet fuel wouldn't melt a steel beam even if it was put in something where it could suck plenty of air in through the bottom/sides and be vented out the top/sides
people have been using diesel in their home foundrys for decades
i have burned a piece of rebar in a coal fire before
I like bed frames that don't move
That usually means the sides and bottom run to the floor to support the platform
Bending and movement have more to do with leverages than material. If you have an 8" tall pine frame connected with tighten-able connectors at the top and bottom of each corner joint, that frame isn't going to flex whereas a steel frame made of angle iron only attached with a single line welds will bend
Same thing goes in reverse- a steel box frame made with 2"x3" heavy gauge u-channels attached with tall L brackets will outlast a wood frame with flimsy connectors
i just want a nice, longlasting, quality bit of furniture tbh. metal eventually rusts, but i can imagine a well cared for hardwood bed lasting decades and decades. itll also look good while doing it.
So you're willing to oil a wooden bed frame once a year but not willing to oil a steel bed frame once a decade?
beeswax doesnt get into sheets as easily
You need to mix the beeswax with an oil in order to make something that actually functions as a finish.
no you dont, wax and oil is a terrible combination
either eat the wax bar or dissolve in white spirits
Wax and oil are a fantastic combination that has been used for millennia.
no this is a recent thing, previous generations where not as stupid as your youtube gurus.
read an old book for once homie, non petrol finishes peaked before the 1920s. They always used turpentine as solvent.
>lets make a wax finish that takes two days to cure before you can buff it out properly
>lets make an oil finish that seals the pores and doesnt soak up another coat next year
>lets make a finish that half cures hard, half stays malleable for eternity
in your words, what exactly is the advantage of wax+oil over just oil?
keep in mind, wax does not handle >60°c nice and draws watermarks even faster
homie come on. My grandfather's floor was oiled and waxed in ~1950. Viking ships were oiled and tarred and/or waxed.
my Ikea bed lasting already 10 years easy with my fat ass and my wife in it
They make decent bed frames, its the other furniture that is pure shit like the coffee tables
>what goes into a good quality bedframe?
steel
>what goes into a good quality bedframe
Love.
antiques are good due to survivorship bias
unfortunately for you op, in the early 1900s all men were malnourished midges and so those bed are generally too short.
Might work for a manlet thou
5'7" manlet here. Can confirm old beds were short. I used to have a pre civil war bed and my feet would hang off the end of I didn't sleep diangularly. We had to have the mattress custom made. The bed however was rock solid.
a fair point
>what goes into a good quality bedframe?
A bed.
Lots of wood. Then add a bit more.
for the average 600lb american?
Steel. I mean, honestly, bed frames aren't going to break. My last bed frame was over 30 years old, it was a cheap, nasty thing that had an extra box underneath you could slide out for an extra bed. Never failed, all softwood and cardboard construction.
Only reason I replaced it is because I wanted a higher frame so I could fit more shit under it in a small room.
I had to support a bedframe bought by a moron because they didn't check the weight specs. I essentially just took out the existing slats, and replaced them with 2x4s, with an extra leg in the middle that went down to the floor, so the weight of the fat moron went directly into the floor while the bed frame just stabilised it. Haven't had any problems with it in 5 years or so, cost about 40 bucks in materials. Could've added more legs so it was totally free floating, but I didn't see the point.
Assuming your frame is rated for your weight, you're not going to break it if you don't start jumping on the bed. What's far more important is your mattress, and modern mattresses are made like dogshit.
4x4 corners mortised and tenoned together with 2x6, plywood or boards for support, add some screws to the center board to prevent the side rails from bending. Have done this several times.