Broke out the welder... project time!

Sister in law got some crazy idea from pinterest about making a bed for her son made out of steel pipe and fittings. She said her and her husband spent the better part of a weekend trying to figure out how to get it assembled. So she brought it over and I said hell with that, its mig time. Reason being, tightening up one side, means loosening the other. Theres no way in hell that thing would ever go together as-is...

Every project begins with a trip to the depot... she was missing a few items



Next I welded a small steel bar to the side of the side pipes for the wood pieces that would eventually hold the mattress to sit on.



I assembled the frames as far as they would go by over tightening one side and then loosening it to thread it into the other side, making the exposed threads even, and then tack welding everything together.



Lastly I took some extra U bolts I had from my trailer re-do, and welded them to washers, then welded the washers to the ends of the long cross pipes. Drilled a hole in the fitting it was supposed to connect to, and bolted it all together.



Cut the strapping to length and used some ribbon and staples to hold em together so they stay in line.



Sanded everything down, wiped with acetone (pipe has grease all over it) Painted it up with some metallic paint I had laying around.



All done!

Nice work.... Not my decor.... But nice.

LHC Kirby said:

Nice work.... Not my decor.... But nice.

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Yeah they just moved into a new home, they're going for an industrial look for his room since he's all into tractors and such right now. His room is a bit "bare" right now, at least he's got a bed now.

Well done....

Very creative and perfectly functional.

Nice job, bet he likes it! 👍

Looks cool, but HEAVY!!

That's sweet!

I'd hate to have to move the darn thing though!

Nice job man!

Based on my childhood, "that's gunna leave a mark" when he hits his head. But looks cool.

Nice work! Very cool! Any for a few dollars more you can make it a bunk bed!

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if you don't want it to rust, you can go get the cans of spray laquer, wiped every thing down too remove the oil and shoot it.


$10 and no rust.

You did a nice job, looks industrial cool.
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Nice, SteamPunk right there.

But does it leak ?

Nice job! I hope you teflon taped all the fittings before you welded them
Mind if I ask how much the pipe and fittings cost?

Looks cool. Reminds me of a new collection of cabinet hardware we just got in.

That is bad ass , whats it weigh?