Bed Rail Fasteners

On Jan 30, 2:40=A0pm, Victor H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am going to build an Oak headboard and footboard, with rails for my
> son and his wife. The bed rails are going to be attached with bed rail
> fasteners as per C ofhttp://www.leevalley.com/en/hardware/page.aspx?p=3D6=
7917&cat=3D3,40842,41269.
> Having never made a bed before using these, would welcome your
> opinions as to stength. Or would you recommend using bed bolts as perhttp=
://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=3D67659&cat=3D1,43455Thanks.
>
> Vic

We own two beds with bed bolts and a couple of older ones with the old
slide and lock hardware. The bolts take a few more minutes to
dismantle and set up but they are quite solid. I always thought if I
built a bed it would be bolts.

RonB

On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:40:00 -0500, Victor H. <[email protected]>
>Am going to build an Oak headboard and footboard, with rails for my
>son and his wife. The bed rails are going to be attached with bed rail
>fasteners as per C of

It depends. Will you need to dismantle the bed frequently to get it
into/out of the room or perhaps for shipping? I've used the bed bolts
for building a large garden picnic table and it was really solid.
Considering the weight of people rolling around on a bed, you might
want that solid feature too. The bed rails you won't see when they're
in use, the bed bolts you will, or at least where they might be
covered by the bed bolt covers.

In the end, I'd use the bed rail fasteners if the dismantling of the
bed was going to happen more often. If it's going to happen rarely,
then I'd use the bed bolts.

On Jan 30, 12:40=A0pm, Victor H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am going to build an Oak headboard and footboard, with rails for my
> son and his wife. The bed rails are going to be attached with bed rail
> fasteners as per C ofhttp://www.leevalley.com/en/hardware/page.aspx?p=3D6=
7917&cat=3D3,40842,41269.
> Having never made a bed before using these, would welcome your
> opinions as to stength. Or would you recommend using bed bolts as perhttp=
://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=3D67659&cat=3D1,43455Thanks.
>
> Vic

Bed bolts are the way to go. Fine Woodworking had a great article on
beds about two years ago. Concentrated on all the structural
components especially how to do bed bolts.

On 1/30/2012 2:40 PM, Victor H. wrote:
> Am going to build an Oak headboard and footboard, with rails for my
> son and his wife. The bed rails are going to be attached with bed rail
> fasteners as per C of
> http://www.leevalley.com/en/hardware/page.aspx?p=67917&cat=3,40842,41269.
> Having never made a bed before using these, would welcome your
> opinions as to stength. Or would you recommend using bed bolts as per
> http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=67659&cat=1,43455 Thanks.
>
> Vic

Just think to yourself dtamped steel that will deform with movement or
bolts that can be tightened as needed.

On 1/30/2012 2:40 PM, Victor H. wrote:
> Am going to build an Oak headboard and footboard, with rails for my
> son and his wife. The bed rails are going to be attached with bed rail
> fasteners as per C of
> http://www.leevalley.com/en/hardware/page.aspx?p=67917&cat=3,40842,41269.
> Having never made a bed before using these, would welcome your
> opinions as to stength. Or would you recommend using bed bolts as per
> http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=67659&cat=1,43455 Thanks.
>
> Vic


It's been my experience that Lee Vally products do what they are
intended to do very well or they would not be available in their
stores. Unless your son and daughter in law are both in excess of 300
lbs and are into acrobatics either fastener will work. Pick the one
that will be the easiest for you to use.

Lee Vally has excellent customer service. Ask them, you won't get a
better answer anywhere else.

LdB

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>
> Am going to build an Oak headboard and footboard, with rails for my
> son and his wife. The bed rails are going to be attached with bed rail
> fasteners as per C of
> http://www.leevalley.com/en/hardware/page.aspx?p=67917&cat=3,40842,41269.
> Having never made a bed before using these, would welcome your
> opinions as to stength. Or would you recommend using bed bolts as per
> http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=67659&cat=1,43455 Thanks.
>
> Vic

I'd go with the bolts over the other Lee Valley alternative. Way
backalong had a bed with something similar to S-9422 from
<http://www.rufkahrs.com/hardw4/Bed2.html> and that was very solid--the
more weight you put on it the tighter it gets.