First time in my life I ever made my bed
This is a driver so I used 1x6 and 1x8 pine lumber, cost $55 Canuck (what is that, like $0.25 USD?) and about 3 hours on the table saw and routing table. Metal strips of course were a little more $$. I gave it 6 or 7 coats of Tung oil, simple easy finish (about 24 hours between coats). Carriage bolts and fender washers from the hardware store. Turned out well for what I need.
I've never made one of these beds and so I wasn't sure how this was going to turn out, but I researched, measured three times and everything seemed to fit really well! Sure beats the 71 year old remnants of bed strips and rotten wood that were in there just a couple days ago.
Installation was a breeze, it did take quite a while with all those bolts but in the end this was one of those rare first-time shots that actually went as planned. That NEVER happens so I probably chewed up all my Lotto luck on this
