How to make a bed of chipboard with your own hands: the advantages of creating
To date, the stores have a fairly complete range of beds, there are simple and strict, with exquisite carving, forging, with various additional functions. But it happens that the desired model is not found, or you want your own individual bed. Most often, of course, the question arises about the price-quality ratio, where the cost is too high for a good bed and the cheaper ones lose in quality. In this case, you can assemble a bed of chipboard with your own hands.
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The advantages of creating your own hands
To finally be convinced of the correctness of the decision, we can identify the main advantages of self-production of furniture:
- Confidence in the quality of the manufactured furniture;
- the project is completely individual, tailored to personal characteristics and habits;
- the embodiment of any design, color;
- material is chosen independently, it will allow to choose inexpensive parts;
- the cost of a fully made bed will be much less than in the store;
- personal growth, increasing self-esteem, because not everyone knows how to make a bed with your own hands from chipboard.
Plus, it is worth noting enough. The main thing is to find time to design a drawing and build a bed.
We determine the design and construction
Before we get to work, you need to carefully consider drawing a bed of chipboard with your own hands. First of all it is necessary to determine the size. The length is not difficult to determine, you need to add 15-20 cm to the growth of the one who will use sleeping furniture. Width will be calculated based on the number of people and their physique. Couples should provide more sizes, children love to come to their parents in bed.
In the drawing, be sure to provide a place under the mattress. To make sleeping furniture comfortable to fill, you need to leave about one and a half centimeters on each side. The dimensions for a bed with a length of 200cm are as follows:
- 80-120 single;
- 120-140 one and half sleeping;
- 140-180 double;
- 180-220 family;
- from 220 three bedroom.
Sometimes the size of the bed determines the available mattress. Here we choose material in length and width 50mm more than a mattress.
On sale often models with the lifting mechanism or boxes. If you want to make a bed with storage places, it is better to stop the choice on the boxes. It is easier, and the material will be cheaper.
Special attention should be paid to the headboard, it is the face of the entire product. Here are a few design ideas:
- Make the thread an electric jigsaw, give an unusual shape;
- apply artistic painting;
- headboard-lattice;
- wrapped in leather with a foam rubber insert, beautifully pulled;
- sew small pads, or several large;
- use decorative items.
If the plans to make a children's bed with your own hands, it is better to coordinate the drawings from the LSP with the child himself. This will help to take into account its features, besides children's imagination can qualitatively improve the project. In order for the assembly process to bring positive emotions, you can involve the whole family in it.
Necessary materials
The second step involves determining the material used. The main part of the furniture will be made mainly of chipboard. It is an inexpensive and durable wooden-shaving plate. To find out how thick the material will be, we will make calculations based on the total weight acting on the bed. But it is better to immediately make the strongest foundation.
To save time, the material on the furniture is better to buy laminated. Data on the amount of material is given in the table below.
Name | amount |
Solid sheet ldsp (headboard) | 1 |
Side dresser | 2 |
Bar equal to the length of the side bar | 2 |
Beam or board to stiffen | 1-2 |
Front wall of the box (footboard) | 1 |
Equal slats equal to the width of the bed | 10-15 |
Legs | 4 |
Leg plugs | 4 |
To understand how to make a bed of ldsp with your own hands, you must have certain skills in sawing out of chipboard. And you can provide a drawing of beds made of laminated plastic, dimensions of the part and the material itself to specialists, they will make a cut quickly and efficiently. It is not free, but still cheaper than the store.
If necessary, the mattress is also possible to make yourself. To do this, it is enough to buy a pair of foam rubber or polyurethane blocks, and connect them. As a cover for a mattress, weaving is perfect for bed linen.
Required Tools
Most of the required tools are usually present in every man’s house. Of these, you will need:
- Screwdriver
- Tape measure and pencil
- Screwdriver (bit) for confirmats
- Iron for gluing veneer
You also can not do without additional fasteners and some accessories:
- Metal corners
- Confirmats and Plugs
- Screws
- Veneer for decorating the ends.
Now, when all necessary is bought and sawn, it is possible to begin assembly.
Manufacturing process: step by step instructions
Before we get to work, it is necessary to make holes for confirmats. For this there are special drills, but you can get by with the usual ones. For confirmability 7x70 take a drill at 7x5. Where the head and fastener head will go, we will use 7 drill, the rest of the length is 5 size of the drill.
Step by step assembly instructions
- To fasten the material of the head of the head and side pillars with metal corners;
- add footboard;
- strengthen the joints with confirmatories. It should be a rectangular box;
- install the support bar in the middle along the sides.For stability, it is better to add an additional leg in the middle;
- from the inside of the sidewalls attach the bars using confirmatics;
- in each inner corner, under the bar, we will attach the legs;
- lay the entire length of the rails on the bars and the support beam, keeping the same spacing. The quantity depends on the width of the rails and the gaps;
- fasten the slats to the bars and the support. If desired, the planks can be replaced with a solid shield under the mattress;
- attach decorative items, if any;
- put the mattress and make the bed.
That's all, the bed of chipboard with their own hands is ready, without any difficulties.