larry merlau
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what is your prefernce for attaching the aprons to the head and foot boards? and being sturdy enough to with stand the riggers that a bed goes threw in its life span.?
what is your prefernce for attaching the aprons to the head and foot boards? and being sturdy enough to with stand the riggers that a bed goes threw in its life span.?
JayLarry
When I used to make bed frames we used a cast Iron brackets that when put together they would work themselves tighter and tighter with use. It is what was used in the good old days. You can find them from one source in Ozark Missouri that carries reproduction hardware. The name of the place was Scott, Becker hardware. Will try to find the phone # for you.
It was the best hardware I ever used and I had a lot of good feed back on them.
Jay
Stuart
You will not need to go back and adjust these bracket as the normal movement of a couple will cause them to set tighter with each rocking monition. they just get tighter and tighter and tighter BUT can still be taken apart quit easily.
If you look close at the cast iron brackets you will see they are made like wedges that pull the two parts closer together the more you push down on them.
Jay
Larry
When I used to make bed frames we used a cast Iron brackets that when put together they would work themselves tighter and tighter with use. It is what was used in the good old days. You can find them from one source in Ozark Missouri that carries reproduction hardware. The name of the place was Scott, Becker hardware. Will try to find the phone # for you.
It was the best hardware I ever used and I had a lot of good feed back on them.
Jay
Larry I never used the ones with the bumps on them only the ones without. The bumps on the one would be to go into holes drilled in side rail for alignment and then the one screw installed to hold in place that way the bumps or pins do the work and the screw is just use to hold it tight to the rail.
Hope that makes sense
Jay