Yeah my first thought too! Wasn't sure to take that as a tease of what was cooking in the works or an invitation to stroke his ego into convincing him to actually doing it!
I've build 3 out of 6 Beds in my home. Two out of construction lumber. They hold up pretty good. The inspiration for them and the confidence to be able to do it came from you ... my first bed is now nearly 8 years old.
I think you'll face problems with expansion and contraction of the wood if you don't make a disclaimer about how plywood works every time you use it for an interior panel. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
Matthias makes a point of pointing out making allowances for wood movement in other vids, I would expect viewers to notice - if they're going to notice - that he's completely glued down the panel and figure out why for themselves.
Man, this reminds me of the bunk bed my father made when my brothers and I were little. It lasted until well after all 3 of us had moved out. Proper dad quality stuff, just like this one. :)
Literally first ever RU-vidr that i saw who uses his own built DIY tools and equipments and power tools for daily builds rather then using factory built equipments. Hats off to you 👏👏👏👏 Amazing workmanship, people like you exist so we can learn quality stuff everyday
It was very generous to round off the corners and apply a finish. I never bought the lie in my family that splinters and sharp corners "build character." You have a beautiful family, and I am grateful for the example that you demonstrate for others. Thanks!
Very nice. Some 20 years ago I made beds for our 3 kids from construction lumber as well. They did break the slats a couple of times, but that was an easy fix. Still being used today as they were not made to look like kids beds.
So many fantastic tips here, some not even mentioned. The use of a scrap to help cut dowels. The meticulous planning of the order of operations so that dimensions can be transferred rather than measured almost everywhere. The shorter thinner screws trick, which is great. The guide on the router table. Just packed with ideas.
Reminds me of when I made s set of beds (they could be stacked to make bunks) for my kids. I made them in a 9'x11' shop. At one point I had material sticking out the only shop window just so I could run it through my thickness planer. At the time the only piece of equipment I had was a Shop Smith 500. It was made by the Magna Tool Corporation and was painted green as opposed to Shop Smith grey. Ah! The good old days!
Made for kids, but sturdy enough for serious adulting. This is such a smart build, simple cheap highly available wood, all joints in compression, no stupid pocket holes or IKEA fasteners. Important joints glued, but everything breaks down in bite sized movable pieces. You could still glue it all if you never want to take it apart. I bet he spent two weeks in the store selecting and waiting for a couple of nice pieces to come in.
Looks good. I followed one of your earlier examples a couple of years ago to make a queen bed frame for my sister using construction lumber. She's still happy with it, even though I can still remember all of the small flaws.
Construction lumber + finishing = finished lumber. Excellent build, very handsome. I also heard what sounded like the vague rumblings of a 40" bandsaw over the horizon.
Glad to see you using dowels, gives me more confidence to try that out myself instead of thinking „Meh, i don‘t have a pantorouter/slot mortiser, why even try?“
Dowels are awesome. Quite easy and underrated. Also very sturdy. You can also put them in after if you like the exposed wood which makes the project easier.
He has some older videos where he tested dowel joints. They're right up there with regular mortise/tenon joints as far as strength. I use 'em quite often myself - especially if I need a strong joint in a hurry.
I need a new bed myself but beds in my size are ridiculously expensive. I'm actually thinking of trying my hand at making my own bed with this video as a guide.
Hey, thanks for posting this so promptly! Just last night at bedtime I was explaining my kids that they'll soon grow up and I'll have to build them separate beds. I have maybe a couple more years to study this video :D
Haven't looked it up, but how do prices for construction lumber this month compare to prices for cherry/walnut 2 years ago?? If you aren't milling your own logs.
still its more valuable and more useful than the cheap "cardboard" beds they sell nowadays. I have a walnut wood bed that have been used by my grandfather, father and now me
I've actually been having an easier time sourcing hardwood. I was able to get some really nice straight white oak from home depot, of all places. The dimensional lumber on the other hand has been really low quality.
Omg what a heavy duty bed, i love it !! here in Morocco they'd have made 4 beds out of the same amount of wood you used, you then throw it away in a couple of months 😅
3:38 That block for cutting dowels is interesting. This isn't the first time I've seen you use that technique either. I'd be curious to know what the history is behind that. Did you see someone else do it that way? Did you come up with it?
I swear, Matthias could teach a mechanical engineering course called somethin like "ME383 Precision, where it comes from, where you need it, and where you don't"
That bed from construction timber? Genius! love it showed this video to my wife, what was I thinking, yep you got it she wants me to make her one now thanks Matthias!
@@coalitionofrob436 up here in Quebec a 2x4x8 before COVID, cost 2.50$, last week I bought some at 8.95$ each! A 3/4 inch 4x8 select used to be 25.75, bought one a month ago at 94.95$! And with our wonderful sales tax, you have to add 15% to that bill. Now journalists say prices have climbed to 30%! I didn’t do the math, but somehow in me weee mind, me thinks it’s more than 30%. So now I think Mathias is a millionaire....with all that wood, he’s just showing off his wealth. That last sentence was a joke...just in case!
@@paulomedeiros2445 Not trying to be pedantic here, but omitting the units makes this kind of hard to comprehend for metric people. I'm guessing a 2x4x8 is roughly an 8 feet long 2"x4" piece of lumber because 8" in length wouldn't be very useful. The 4x8 would then be a 4'x8' sheet, right? Anyways, do you know why prices went up that high?
@@Papperlapappmaul Because if you force everyone to stay at home and not spend money on eating out, holidays, traveling, night outs, weekend breaks then they will start spending excess money on where they are (their home). Home improvement has been massively up because of COVID which has increased prices of materials
@@Papperlapappmaul wow buddy, I’m sorry you didn’t get my measurements. However even if we here in Canadaaaaaa, use the metric system, the construction industry still use imperial measurements. We old folks still go by the imperial measurements, AND, the vast majority of us in the construction industry and home renovators know when we say 2x4x8 and we know what 3/4 4x8 Select plywood is. But, ok, thx for clearing that up for the non North American folk! All in fun, and with no disrespect to you :-)
@Matthias, its crazy I just recently referenced your old bed build for inspiration in building my own bed frame. This came out really nice, I'm sure it weighs a bit, so it probably wont move much either!
Dangit, another reminder that I need to make a new bed for myself. I am going to use your plans for the queen size bed, with a few alterations (mostly the size) that I purchased a while back. Now my garage shop is full of yard sale leftovers just when the weather is getting nice. Whoops!
The construction is sturdy. I never found a mistake on your projects but this one has a "blunder". The slats are way too low so the mattress is only few centimeters above the long rail. This makes for very uncomfortable seating on the bed as the rail digs in your leg. It is easily fixed though by adding another supports that will elevate the slats (since you glued yours in). The negative is that the bed will be higher to get onto. I made the same mistake for my customer and I never thought of it before, now I know.
That is a chonky bed. I made a bed out of construction timber, weighed a tonne. When I left home for University my dad took it apart and used it as scaffolding.
Nice! Only suggestion is to make a bed frame internal space to fit the materace not to have those empty spaces at the ends so kids toys etc don't fall into them. Or you have some explanation why you left those spaces?
Great build. One improvement I see would be to knock the corner off those blocks at the foot board. Someone’s bound to dent their forehead on those one day.
