Anybody ever built a Murphy bed? Anybody who’s ever done so been cheap enough to invent the hardware?
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Anybody ever built a Murphy bed? Anybody who’s ever done so been cheap enough to invent the hardware?
Arguing with a Breaktimer is like mud-wrestling a pig — Sooner or later you find out the pig loves it.
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Ah ha!!..me....hood springs from a f-250. worked like a charm,
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations.
obviously it was your neighbors truck......
Bud
would be kinda stupid to use MINE..wouldn't it?...free from a junkyard, sand blasted and ground off the little nub that stops it so the hood dont go straight up..IIRC...been 12 years.
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Sphere
I didn't think you happened to have one on blocks, junked, in the back corner of the lot....Thats only in the west, where, in some circles, its a status symbol.
Great idea for the job..
Bud
Nah, if it were a Chevy it would be a status symbol (particularly a '37...), but an F-250, that's just junk...
Edited 2/9/2004 11:31:34 PM ET by CaseyR
Don't be so sure...I'll try to post a pic. of what I have next door..here in this part of Ky. it's horse trailers and boats gathering. My horse trailer is becoming a chicken coop.View Image
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I always thought the springs on my F-250's hood mechanism were a bit 'overbuilt' - I used to practically hang off that damn hood to get it to close!
Moldinado
Seattle
Ah ha!!..me....hood springs from a f-250. worked like a charm
Great idea. Do I get to use garage door springs for the in-laws' murphy bed? ;)
Here's a nice one someone showed me recently: http://www.murphybedsdirect.com/library.htm
I just built one with the parts from a 1960's Hide away couch.
Jason
Andy,
Not yet but it is one of the next in line projects for a project I think we need an article about
I've built two Murphy beds, and have another in the pipeline. I like the hardware kits which use gas struts to help lift the bed. You get the struts, some heavy duty pivots, latches, and a bunch of engineering about where to put pivot points and strut pickup points. Buying that info is much less expensive than trying to figure it out yourself. You can get a kit from Lee Valley for $200 or so. http://www.leevalley.com, and look in Hardware for Folding Bed hardware.
Edited 2/9/2004 11:46:55 PM ET by JAMIE_BUXTON
Hi
try http://www.leevalley.com
Always leave my wallet in the car when I go there so I can feed my wife-Great place but would spend 125% of my allowance!!!
Cheers
Mac
Mac
Oh yeah, Lee Valley's the best. And they've got a decent price on the hardware. I kinda like re-inventing the wheel though. We don't really know for sure, after all, that round is the best shape. <G>
Another option that might work in the space is a futon couch. Anybody ever built one of them?
Thanks,Arguing with a Breaktimer is like mud-wrestling a pig -- Sooner or later you find out the pig loves it.
>We don't really know for sure, after all, that round is the best shape. <G>
That's practically libelous.
Sorry, I was only referring to wheels, not houses.Arguing with a Breaktimer is like mud-wrestling a pig -- Sooner or later you find out the pig loves it.
I do know that...saw the <G>. Woulda known that anyway.
I always thought wheels with flat sides might be nice for climbing in rough terrain...plus, they would cut down on the need for brakes...
On a more serious note about reinventing, anyone ever read a book called "The Having of Wonderful Ideas", by Elanor Duckworth? Thin book talking about the value of doing your own experiments, some great antecdotes...she often refers to Jean Piaget's premise that "to invent is to understand". Well worth the read for anyone with an active mind - or raising a kid(s) with one.
Andy --
I've never built at futon couch, and hope to never have to. I've sat on commercial ones, and they are not comfortable to sit on. I've wrestled with converting them from chouch to bed, grumbling all the while. You're trying to move a great big heavy thing in a sliding joint, and it catches and causes trouble. I've also slept on commercial ones, and found them very uncomfortable.
If you really want to build a futon couch, I'd say you have to invent one. It'd be easy to convert, comfortable to sit on, and comfortable to sleep on. If you do that, patent it!
Jamie
Hi Andy,
Floor space is at a premium at my house, so I have considered many of the options you have mentioned.
Have you done any research on loft beds? Maybe the couch underneath? There's lotsa of cool ideas out there. . .
darcy
Rockler has a couple of things:
http://www.rockler.com/ecom7/product_details.cfm?&offerings_id=8
http://www.rockler.com/ecom7/showdetl.cfm?offerings_id=9&objectgroup_id=7&catid=6
http://www.rockler.com/ecom7/showdetl.cfm?offerings_id=5720&objectgroup_id=7&catid=6
There are only three kinds of people; people who can count and people who can't
Is this to be Murphy's Law or are you hoping he was an optimist...
Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....
At one point in time I built a hide-a-way bed, sorta.
What I did was pop the ceiling up in an area over the bed, stuck an electric motor up there with some gears and drive rods and viola.
One bed that when put away looks just like the rest of the ceiling, and when down hangs about 10" off the floor. All controlled by a switch on the wall. To combat the sway when the bed was in use, it has some brackets that hook into the wall.
I replaced/upgraded the mechanical anti slip/drop brackets and a larger motor not to long ago.
Check out the link below. I helped install a couple of these a few years ago. They were well made but as I recall, they may have been a little on the pricey side.
http://www.sico-wallbeds.com/