Galoot Image Central Pics from the Porch Home :: Login Album list :: Last uploads :: Last comments :: Most viewed :: Top rated :: My Favorites :: Search Home > User galleries > Sgt42RHR > Making a Folding Bed Fold Making a Folding Bed Fold TITLE  +   -  FILE NAME  +   -  DATE  +   -  POSITION  +   -  Tenons_on_folding_side_rails_at_each_corner_and_middle.JPGTenons on folding side rails at each corner and middle142 viewsHere is a good shot of the curved tenons used at each corner and at the middle of the side rails. I made a metal template for marking out the shape which is a segment of a 1 1/2" diameter circle. I sawed off the excess waste, pared more of the waste away, and then finished with a shoulder plane. I sloshed some mineral spirits on before I snapped the picture to see what the grain looked like.Sgt42RHR Hinges_allow_side_rails_to_fold_at_corners.JPGHinges allow side rails to fold at corners144 viewsI had wrought iron hinges made from measured drawings of Washington's field bed. There is a hinge at each corner, and one each in the middle of the side rails.Sgt42RHR Curved_tenon_allows_side_rail_to_fold.JPGCurved tenons and offset mortise175 viewsThe tenons are 3/4" x 3/4" x 2 1/4" and cut with an arc on one side to allow the tenon to rotate into and out of the mortise as the bed folds.Sgt42RHR   15 files on 2 page(s) 1 2 Powered by Coppermine Photo Gallery and JoomBla!