/diy/ - Do It Yourself

U can't just drill through because it's antique and there's gilded bronze.

Plywood with 2x4 reinforcing. Either attach to the lip around the bed (Or just lay it there), or give it legs to match the height.

>>287471

Right now there's no lip around the bed.
It broke down and tore some wood with it :(

It's a Louis XVI style bed in case someone's wondering.

>>287461
It most likely used ropes instead of slats if there's no lip for slats.

>>287486
That is fantastically clever; but I bet it'd sag like hell after a while.

>>287461
Got any more close-ups, might be easier to get an idea of the situation that way.

Here's the current situation.

I've tried to reattach the aftermarket metal structure but the screws keep popping out if I move the bed at all. The wood is taking damage too, there's sawdust everywhere.

>>287489
>sag

Just tighten them.

>>287489
Ever hear the phrase "sleep tight"? Now you know what it means.

>>287498

Mind = blown up to shit

>>287494
Ohhhhhh, the rails broke loose from the wood, right?

Stop what you are doing.

Get a drill, some an oak dowel rod that is slightly larger than the hole, a drill bit the same size as the dowel rod, a drill bit the correct size to drill a pilot hole, and some wood glue.

Carefully drill out the screw hole, fill it with some wood glue, hammer a piece of the dowel rod into the hole, let the glue dry.

Once the glue has fully cured, drill the small pilot hole and screw in the screw. This should be very secure. If there was some splitting because of the break you need to open that split up a little bit and squirt glue into it. Then you clamp it closed and let the glue cure then perform the above instructions.

>>287501
>>287494
Also, You can try mounting a larger metal plate to that area of the wood before you mount the rails to it. This should allow more screws to go into the wood and lessen the torque of moving it.

>>287499