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Cut Top Planks for Bed Platform

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HANGING BED. How to make a bed that hangs from a ceiling. Making a swinging bed.

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What happens here

Once the main bed frame is assembled, measure its length. For this project, the frame is 77 inches long. To achieve a 1-inch overhang on both ends of the bed, add 2 inches to the frame's length, resulting in a total length of 79 inches for the top planks. Cut six 1x8 pine boards to this 79-inch length using a miter saw. For boards wider than the miter saw's capacity, make an initial cut, then flip the board and align the saw to complete the cut.

Goal: Prepare the 1x8 planks for the bed's top surface

Tools and materials

  • Miter Saw Ridgid — Cutting the 1x8 pine boards
  • Safety Glasses — Protecting eyes during cutting
  • Tape Measure — Measuring the bed frame and plank lengths
  • Pine Boards — Creating the bed's top platform

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so we're gonna put two screws for each corner so now we're going to make the top of the bed right here and we're going to have an inch overhang all the way around so we're just going to measure our frame right here what's the measurement there 77. so we got 77 inches and we're going to add an inch we want an inch overhang all the way around so 77 78 79 so we want our we want our 1 by 8 pine to be 79 inches long so we're going to cut those at 79 and then we'll begin screwing them on here

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