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DIY Twin Built-in Bunk Bed For Kids

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What happens here

Obtain 4x6s for the main posts and 2x6s for horizontal supports. If necessary, run the boards through a thickness planer to remove imperfections and achieve a smooth finish. Trim off any rounded-over edges using a table saw to create clean, square edges. Cut the 2x6 boards to the required lengths based on the mattress dimensions (e.g., 38.5 inches wide and 76 inches long). Fill any knots or imperfections in the wood with wood filler and sand smooth with 120-grit sandpaper. Use a pocket hole jig to drill three pocket holes at each end of the 2x6 pieces, which will be used to attach them to the 4x6 posts.

Goal: Acquire and dimension lumber (4x6 and 2x6) for the main bed frame posts and horizontal supports, then prepare them for joinery.

Tools and materials

  • 2x6 Lumber
  • 4x6 Lumber
  • Cordless drill
  • Pocket hole jig
  • Random orbital sander
  • Table saw
  • Thickness planer
  • 120-grit sandpaper
  • Wood filler

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through the haze in the face of defeat all right a quick little trip so let me show you the goodies that i got here so we got here um four by six i think it's gonna be a tank and the two by six is right there i'm kind of picking this thing out as i'm going so um i'm just glad you're along for the ride because the boards have imperfections in them to save on sanding i ran them through a thickness planer and trimmed off the round over edges to clean them up a bit you can always use a sander to accomplish this as well okay all of our boards are all done up in a way we can say we milled them kind of um based off my kids existing mattresses they're about 38 and a half wide and like 76 inches long so long i don't why am i i don't know so i'm going to do right now is i'm going to start cutting these up into the dimensions 38 and a half 6 76 76 uh and then uh create pocket holes in them that'll be the assembling to the actual post the nice thing is the four by six posts that i have they're actually eight feet tall exactly and my ceilings you guessed it eight feet exactly lucky day after the two by six boards were cut to size i patched up all the knots with wood filler and then sanded with 120 grit sandpaper then i used a pocket hole jig to create the three pocket holes that will attach the 2x6 boards to the 4x6 posts [Music]

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