Bed with a lifting mechanism: 500 drawings and photos

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For a small living space, the most pressing issue is the availability of free space. In this article, we offer you ideas on how to make a bed with a lifting mechanism with your own hands, with step-by-step photos and instructions that you can read on the source website. The bed frame is quite a voluminous design that can be used to store a large number of things. In addition, we have examples of how to make a bed cabinet with a lifting mechanism , which will significantly save space in a small room and are ideal for a guest room. For your home project, you can use drawings of beds with a lifting mechanism and collections of photos in galleries. We hope our article will be useful to you and help you solve the problem of saving space in your home.

Main assembly problems

Modern beds have many complex mechanisms, and not all buyers can understand the principle of their operation and installation rules. Even though the beds come with step-by-step instructions. Why does this situation arise? There are three reasons.

Most city residents, especially the younger generation, do not have the skills to work with construction and carpentry tools. Accordingly, assembling a bed on their own is an almost impossible task for them.
Assembly instructions are written by qualified personnel. This is correct and logical, but the presence of specialized terms in the text significantly complicates the task for the average consumer. In addition, some operations in the instructions are skipped as a matter of course, which is another obstacle for an unprepared person. As a result, the buyer may read the instructions several times, but still not understand them.
Making beds is not considered a complex production, and there are a large number of semi-handicraft companies operating in the furniture industry. They produce rather low-quality products; many elements and parts have to be adjusted independently during assembly.

Not every furniture company produces its products responsibly

And one more problem. Budget bed options are made from laminated chipboards, and the only real advantage of this material is its low cost. As for the physical properties and performance characteristics, they do not quite meet the requirements of strict buyers. Particularly great difficulties arise in loaded junctions of individual elements. They cannot withstand cyclic multidirectional loads, and these are the ones that mostly affect double beds. At the slightest violation of the assembly technology, the nodes weaken, then the slabs quickly collapse, and the bed frame can completely lose stability. In addition, all threaded connections in chipboard are considered disposable. This means that re-screwing screws into old holes will no longer provide the original strength.

Laminated chipboard has an attractive appearance and low cost, but is not durable

Design of a typical product

Before you begin attaching the component parts of the product, you need to consider what it consists of. The design of typical beds is quite simple and consists of:

frame;
bases (bed);
headboards;
footboard;
legs;
side guards;
mattress holders.

The frame is a rectangular frame made of drawers - boards placed on the edge. It is placed on legs and the front and back headboards of the bed are attached to it. There are 2 types of beds - a solid board made of plywood sheets or boards, transverse wooden slats or lamellas.

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Mattress base options

Having decided on the dimensions, you can move on to choosing such an important part of the bed as the base for the mattress. Yes, of course, you can do without a mattress, replacing it with a non-removable filler from the same chair-beds and similar furniture, but at home this is extremely difficult to do, so most often beds are made for a mattress

They are like this:

Today it is already considered a relic of the past, but in some places you can still see a flat base. It consists of boards knocked together to form a wooden shield on which the mattress is placed. There are practically no advantages to this design (compared to more modern options), but there are a lot of disadvantages.

Firstly, the mattress deforms very quickly and loses its useful properties. Secondly, a dream with such a reason is not the most pleasant. Thirdly, the mattress is not ventilated, which is why it can become damp, which will lead to the appearance of various parasites in it or the onset of rotting, which is also not very pleasant.

Types of bed lifting mechanisms

The comfort of using the bed largely depends on their functionality and reliability. There are three types of devices: manual, spring and gas. Due to the presence of a huge number of shortcomings, the manual mechanism is currently not used for the manufacture of furniture. As for the other two, the dimensions, arrangement of levers, mechanical design and method of fixation do not have any fundamental differences. The difference is in potential energy storage.

Table. Types and characteristics of lifting mechanisms

Type of lifting mechanism

Brief description of the design, advantages and disadvantages

Spring

Traditional design, time-tested and proven by numerous consumers. A very reliable mechanism, the lifting energy is accumulated by ordinary coiled springs made of special high-alloy steel. Depending on the calculated weight, the parameters and number of springs are adjusted. In addition, the designers have provided for the possibility of changing the tension of the springs by the consumers themselves; this advantage greatly improves the comfort of using the furniture. You can precisely regulate the potential energy of the stretched spring by changing its attachment points - the weight of the specific mattress is taken into account. The spring lifting mechanism is practically unbreakable, cheap and easy to use, there are special stops for fixing the selected position. The only drawback is that sometimes the springs creak a little during lifting. But at this time no one is sleeping on the bed and, accordingly, the sounds do not bother anyone.

Gas

A fairly new mechanism, the potential energy of compressed gas is used to lift the bed. The main element is a special cylinder with gas pumped under high pressure. When raising/lowering the bed, the cylinder rod with the piston increases or decreases the volume of the cavity, which leads to a change in the amount of potential energy. This mechanism has a number of disadvantages. The first is high cost; its price can be several times higher than its spring counterpart. The second is the complexity of manufacturing. It is necessary to ensure high precision machining of the surfaces of the piston and cylinder, oil seals and cuffs. Designers know that the more different parts a mechanism has, the lower its reliability. The explanation is simple - each of the numerous parts can break, and this has a negative impact on the device. The third drawback is the inability to independently regulate the amount of kinetic energy. Air is forced during production; you cannot increase or decrease its pressure yourself. During operation, the kinetic energy constantly decreases slightly due to the leakage of the connection, the drops are minimal, but they are always present. The energy is indicated on the cylinder body, this data allows you to know how much weight gas mechanisms can lift.

Experienced furniture makers recommend using spring lifting mechanisms; over a long period of work, they have not yet encountered mechanical breakdowns due to physical wear. Gas lifts do not have such positive characteristics.

Manufacturing stages

Assemble the base frame to which the lifting mechanism, supports for the base of the mattress, headboard and lower back will be attached. Next, a folding base is made and the lifting mechanism is attached. After adjustment, the structural parts are finished.

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Ask a Question

If you have doubts about the correctness of the calculations, then you should start assembling with the lifting base of the mattress and, based on the resulting result, mark and assemble the bed frame.

Frame

The base is made of wood or chipboard. For installation, provide legs or support on side parts.

Manufacturing procedure:

Prepare the sides of the base, attach legs or gaskets to them.
On the inside, stops are installed for the movable base of the mattress. The stops are made in the form of jumpers or longitudinal linings on the sidewall.
The side panels are connected to the headboard and lower backrest. For fastening, furniture corners, self-tapping screws or confirmats (Euroscrews) are used.
Turn the resulting frame over and screw on the plywood bottom. It is not advisable to use fiberboard; over time, the edges will collapse and the bottom will be squeezed out.

The final finishing of the sidewalls is best done after adjusting the lifting mechanism.

Lifting base

The lifting base can be purchased assembled or made independently from wood; planed timber with a section of 50x50 mm and a board 25x100 mm, plywood are used.

It is important to take into account that the lifting part of the structure must be 1 cm narrower and shorter than the base box, so that it falls into place when lowered without friction on the sidewalls.

Operating procedure:

The beam is sawed off to the required length: two longitudinal and two transverse.
The parts are connected into a single structure using furniture corners and self-tapping screws.
The top is fastened with plywood or cross boards.

Check the correctness of manufacture by attaching the lifting base to the lower frame.

Installation of the mechanism

The lifting mechanism takes on heavy loads when lifting the mattress, so it is important to choose the right installation location and fastening method.

Single and one-and-a-half-size mattresses can be raised to the headboard. Wide, double models are better along the sidewall, this reduces the load.

Due to the heavy load, the mechanism cannot be installed on self-tapping screws. Be sure to drill a through hole in the longitudinal bar and mount the lift with a bolt, washer and nut. The base of the mattress is secured in the same way.

To hide the head of the bolt, you can use an additional strip mounted parallel to the end one.

Another option is to hide the bolt with sheathing so that it does not turn when the nut is unscrewed; they use furniture bolts with a boss on the rod that fits into the through hole.

The installation diagram of the mechanism is necessarily indicated in the instructions, and the dimensions of the indents for drilling holes are also given there.

Before screwing the lifting mechanism, it is advisable to experiment with unfolding the part, making sure that the mattress will be raised to the desired height. At the same time, make sure that there is enough space left for the slight rise of the mattress, which is necessary to unlock the locking mechanism.

Tools

First I prepared the tool. Everything you need to make a bed with a lifting mechanism with your own hands is included in the following list.

Screwdriver for fastening furniture base frame parts.
Tape measure and metal ruler for marking MDF sheets.
Drill for drilling holes in metal parts of lifts.
Pencil for marking.
Drills for wood and metal.
Drill and key for confirmations for assembling fragments of the bed frame.
Iron for edging furniture tape.
Jigsaw for cutting MDF.
Clamps (2 pcs.) for fixing housing parts when assembling the housing.
Hacksaw for cutting boards to required sizes.
Knife for removing protruding parts of furniture edge strips.
Set of wrenches and sockets.
Hammer.

In what cases is specialist help needed?

Installing gas lifts has many nuances. If you are new to the mechanisms and the cause of the breakdown is not clear to you, you are not sure that you can perform the installation efficiently, then you should entrust it to an experienced specialist. The best option is to entrust the assembly or repair of furniture to specialists. They will select the style, size and design of the furniture. Also determine the optimal characteristics of the lifting mechanism.

Products from German companies are considered the best fittings. However, many domestic products also have good user reviews.

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Assembly of non-standard models

Beginners in this business often do not understand how to assemble a modern bed according to the instructions. To be honest, even professionals sometimes have problems. This is not surprising, since the design itself is not ordinary. The problem is that the durability of the product directly depends on its assembly. In the case when you simply have no idea how to properly assemble an original double bed, you need to contact specialists in their field. Check with the store to see if they can help you. This way you will save a lot of time and be completely confident in the quality.

You should not neglect such rules, otherwise you will waste your money, and the bed will not last you even ten years.

Overall, working on assembling a double bed is not a difficult task. Following the recommendations and diagrams, the furniture is assembled in less than an hour.

Procedure

Precise adherence to the procedure is the basis for proper installation. By following these steps step by step, you will be able to avoid common mistakes that can lead to damage to the product and shorten its service life.

Preparation and assembly of MDF parts

A large number of bed parts are made of MDF. When starting installation, all elements are freed from the packaging film and inspected for damage. If at least one element has defects, replacement is required. A damaged bed frame will not be secure. The parts are laid out at the installation site so that the side with holes for fasteners is on top.

Fasteners are screwed to all parts and connected to each other according to the instructions.

Installation of box and base

The main parts of the bed are the box and the base. First, the perimeter of the structure is assembled, which consists of three walls and a head back. To do this you need:

connect the walls and the head back to each other using fixing elements;
a base is placed on the constructed frame, which is usually made using wood and a metal frame;
To securely fix all components, tighten the screws with a screwdriver.

In some types of beds, longitudinal strength elements may be provided. In particular, solid longitudinal ties, brackets and corners, fixed to the structure with screws, are common. This feature is important to take into account during the work process.

Installing Corner Ties

The purpose of corner ties is to impart reliability to the assembled structure. The screed consists of several elements:

a corner in the form of a metal plate bent in the central part at a right angle;
bolts for fixing the plate to the frame;
threaded bushings.

To connect the two walls of the bed with a corner tie, the plate is placed on the inside at their junction. Then the bushings are inserted and the bolts are tightened first on one wall, and then the connections are aligned and the fasteners are fixed on the adjacent wall. If desired, it is possible to replace the standard model of corner tie with a modern version, for example, confirmat or minifix, which are distinguished by more compact dimensions.

How to install the lifting mechanism

When installing the lifting structure and determining its sides, it is important to avoid mistakes, as this will lead to improper functioning of the mechanism. The installation process requires the following steps:

Secure the furniture frame to the lifting mechanism. It is recommended to use screws for this. Before final fixation of the fasteners, it is necessary to level the gaps between the base and the frame.
Determine the appropriate level of force to operate the mechanism. As a rule, this information is indicated in the attached documentation.
Install the structure into the lifting mechanism with the cylinder facing up, using nuts with a locking ring and fluoroplastic washers.
Tighten the fixing nuts to the limit, then loosen the fastening slightly, leaving minimal play. After this, you should check the functioning of the lifting mechanism by lowering and raising the structure several times.

Installation of the traverse

The traverse is a special element that performs the function of a screed. Using a traverse, the lower part of the bed frame is fixed. The element is placed along the structure parallel to the longitudinal tension parts. The use of a traverse helps strengthen the structure, ensures stability and durability, and also makes it possible to securely fasten small side elements that most often fail.

Installation of frame and mattress holders

Handles for controlling the lifting mechanism and a mattress limiter that are convenient for everyday use are mounted on the furniture frame. If the bottom of the bed consists of slats, the number of which varies between 15-25, then they are hammered into special holders. Each lamella is secured on both sides, so this step will take a lot of time. The process is completed by installing the bottom of the bed and tightening the cover.

DIY double bed. Dimensions, drawings, assembly instructions

Walking around furniture stores and showrooms, you can often be horrified by the price tags presented there. The most annoying thing is that a simple bed made of the cheapest material (not wood at all, but ordinary chipboard or MDF with an ordinary mattress board made of rough chipboard, i.e., even without slats) has an exorbitant price for such a product. Having seen enough of this, we are starting to look at other options: some are looking for used furniture on bulletin boards, others are taking something simpler and are content with a cheap analogue, and some are simply postponing the purchase of the product for an indefinite period.

But in this article we will take a different route. We will make a double bed with our own hands.

The advantage of this approach is that the furniture salon and you will pay almost the same for the materials. And by assembling this double bed yourself, you will save at least half the cost of the design (i.e., exactly the same amount as the markup on the cost price for the design, design and assembly of this piece of furniture).

Photo of a double bed that we will make with our own hands:

This article presents a master class on the manufacture and assembly of a double bed from chipboard + MDF lining on the frames, overall dimensions 2032 * 1692 * 800 (length/width/height), size of the sleeping area for the mattress 1600 * 2000 mm, i.e. quite a standard bed for two people.

At the very bottom of the article you can download a file with assembly drawings of a double bed, as well as its configuration.

Installation Tips

A very important point when making beds. All advice is given based on an analysis of the practical experience of professional furniture makers.

Installing a lifting mechanism is a very responsible process.

Lift installation location

Industrial bed models have only one place for attaching the mechanism - near the headboard to the sides. This arrangement creates more inconveniences than benefits. Why?

In the raised position there is a very large distance between the mattress and the floor; not everyone is that tall. Especially big problems arise for women and children.
The position fixing device is inserted into the mechanism body and consists of one or more levers. When the bed is raised to its maximum height, the mechanism automatically activates and locks it in place. Removing the fixation can be done in two ways: by further slightly raising the mattress and manually by pressing the lever. Both methods cannot be considered convenient. We have already looked at the first one a little; it is already difficult for people with short stature to lift the mattress. And the second method is even more difficult - you have to hold the bed with one hand and turn off the thrust mechanism with the other.
The bed linen slides towards the headboard, making it difficult to get it out of there.
To lift the mattress you need to have powerful lifts. The fact is that in this case the laws of force distribution are triggered; the size of the lever is large (equal to the length of the bed), which significantly increases the load at the other end.

In connection with such problems, experienced furniture makers strongly recommend installing lifting mechanisms not to the sidewalls at the head of the bed, but one at the head and foot of the bed - the bed rises to the side, all performance indicators are significantly improved. But there is one new problem: depending on which side the mechanism is mounted, the bed cannot be placed close to the wall; there must always be a passage.

Raising the mattress to the side increases the comfort of using the bed

Manufacturing stages

The work must be planned in advance; this is the only way to achieve high final quality.

Model selection. Decide on the size and material of the bed. Approximately calculate the amount of materials, additional elements and hardware, find out their cost.
Draw a detailed sketch indicating the overall dimensions of all main elements and assemblies. Make details, prepare working drawings.
Check the tools and special devices; if you have a workshop, clear the workbench.

You need to start by drawing up a drawing and calculating the materials for making the bed

When choosing a bed model, we strongly advise you to soberly evaluate your practical experience in furniture construction. In practice, doing everything is much more difficult than reading about it in articles. Experienced carpenters recommend first making a few simple pieces of furniture with your own hands, and only then taking on complex ones.

Materials

I purchased the materials needed to make a bed with a lifting mechanism at a building materials supermarket according to the list:

confirmations – 8 pcs.;
self-tapping screws 25 mm – 20 pcs.;
furniture corners (50 × 50 mm) – 4 pcs.;
metal corner (32 × 32 mm) – 1.4 m;
MDF sheet 2440 × 1830 × 30 mm;
fiberboard sheet – 2440 × 1830 mm;
edged board 1600 × 150 × 20 mm;
inset frame for a mattress (orthopedic base on a metal frame);
furniture legs – 6 pcs.;
edge furniture tape – 10 m;
gas shock absorbers (425 mm from 800 N) – 2 pcs.;
metal strip (50 × 3 mm) – 1.3 m;
PVA glue - tube;
bolts, washers, nuts – m 6;
metal bushings (10/16 mm) – 8 pcs.

The entire process of assembling a 160 x 200 bed with a lifting mechanism with your own hands is outlined in the following instructions.