Building Your Loft Bed Made Easy
We got a new email a few days ago that we just had to share. A recent loft plan customer was having a little bit of trouble and wanted some tips on constructions techniques. We are always happy to help here, so after a couple of emails we sent the customer back to the shop. A few days later he shared his results:
” I bought two things that proved invaluable to my ultimate success. One
was something from Home Depot called the Universal Square…
I love this thing.
The other was a set of three quality clamps called Duo Klamp, by BESSY:
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/
These things are awesome.
My technique for cutting the four notches was as follows…
1. stand all four 2×6 boards on end and use two clamps, at either end,
to clamp firmly to a solid structure (I used the workbench)
2. mark all four boards, where the notches begin and end
3. line up the circular saw with the first line, and clamp on the
Universal Square to guide the circular saw
4. cut through all four boards, with the saw blade set at 1.5″ deep
5. slightly slide the Universal Square to the right, return to step 4,
until the 3.5″ wide notch has been completed
The notches turn out near perfect — and definitely good enough. The
first loft is VERY sturdy and again, our daughter LOVES it.”
Thanks for sharing the tips! If you have tips, feel free to share them with us: projects@campusloftbeds.com
Filed under: Loft Bed Construction on June 17th, 2009