Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)
I received a request for a Queen Size headboard, but due to the size it needed to be easy to breakdown to sizes portable in a car. My grandson recently graduated college and has gone out on his own. He purchased a Queen bed, which was delivered to his new apartment, but my limited transport via an SUV required it be assembled on site.I considered all the possibilities, was considering using standard bed bolts to hold the two sides to the main structure, but I came across something called a Joint Bolt on Amazon, which seemed to fit the need.Photo 1 shows the headboard after finishing, which pretty much takes up the full width of my shop – a single car integral garage.Photo two shows the mortise & tenon method I used for the assembly, making sure the tenon was a press fit into the mortise, allowing about 1/2” of room both top & bottom for the large panel's wood movement.Photo three shows the specialty fastener I used, something called a “Joint Bolt” on Amazon. This didn't require all the necessary additional mortising into the main pane that a bed bolt requires, simply a bronze threaded insert in the panel, and no need to sink the head of the Bed Bolt into the side member. The Joint Bolt provides a finish appearance with it's flat head.Photo five shows the details for the items discussed, the Joint Bolt, the bronze threaded insert, and the mortise & tenon.I'm thinking the headboard secured to the bed frame with 4 bolts toward the bottom of the side members, and reinforced in the middle of the panel via the Joint Bolts, will provide more than sufficient structural support. Only time will tell.Thanks for viewing.