It’s 99% done. I cut the platform panels an inch too wide, so I’ll need to rip those down. That’s a PIA, because the only way I have to do that is to lay them out on the driveway on a sheet of foam insulation and cut it with the circular saw.

The Vevor pocket hole jig worked perfectly. It’s the first time I’ve used one. I picked the Vevor over the Kreg because the Vevor is made of machined aluminum instead of plastic and was also cheaper. Recommended.

If I were going to do it again I’d build it almost entirely out of plywood and hire someone with a big CNC router to cut the parts. I just didn’t think of it till after I started, even though I used a 5’ X 10’ Multicam CNC router at my last job. I only thought about how I could build it with the tools I had. Man, it would have been so much easier, would have come out nicer, and probably wouldn’t have cost too much more.

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    3 days ago

    Hell yeah borther!

    Are the platform panels the bit the matress goes on?

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      3 days ago

      Yeah, it’s for a queen size bed, which is 60" wide. Can’t get the platform out of one sheet of 4X8, so I had to cut two pieces with a seam down the middle that rests on the center rail.

      The mattress is rated by the manufacturer to sit on a solid platform, and I’m in NM where humidity is low, so mold isn’t a big problem here.

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        3 days ago

        Nice! You knew exactly where my mind was heading haha