DIY: frame for a double folding bed made of Multiplex Birch, by Joost

Description

A 2-person folding bed of 160.0x200.0 cm for a guest bedroom. So a frame for the mattress, a housing around this frame and a cupboard in which the bed can be stored. This room is also used as a hobby room.

Custom folding bed frame

First made the frame for the bed and then the whole frame. Then fitted folding legs and pivot points. After the 'bin' was finished, made the cupboard in which the bed is folded and the hinge point mounted there. The specific materials (legs, hinges, compression springs) were ordered from rockler.com. In America this is called a Murphe bed. Adjusted the construction drawing from inches to centimeters and to mattress sizes for the Netherlands (60 x 80 inches became 160.0 x 200.0 cm).

The dimensions of the project

Overall dimensions of the cabinet (when the bed is folded) is 174.0 cm wide, 45.0 cm deep and 220.0 cm high. The entire bed itself is 16.0 cm high, 169.0 cm wide and 204.0 cm deep.