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   uncleslyme | Oct 12, 2011 02:19pm | #1

   Murphy bed legs

   Having built several murphy beds in our 1-bedroom apartment, the look of legs has never been very attractive.  To add to my consternation the legs were not sufficiently sturdy.  For our bed in the living room, I created a fireplace, complete with a bed-sized graphic of a tiled firerplace.....the illusion is quite effective!

   The mantle shelf was cut to the proper depth and width to function as a very wide leg.  The support it gives is superlative and with a bevelled, tilted mirror behind it, on the base of the bed, the illusion is quite complete.

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   rich14925 | Oct 12, 2011 11:46pm | #2

   I made wainscoting using an ogee bit for the solid cherry trim, inverting the rails on the router table. For the handles and legs  I ran them through the ogee bit on all 4 sides using a coping sled and was very pleased with the results. The thin edge of the ogee shape so far has been strong enough to support the queen-size bed. If it breaks, I'll make a new one. I finished the solid cherry and cherry plywood with linseed oil, spar varnish and turpentine, then waxed it.

   
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   rich14925 | Oct 13, 2011 12:00am | #3

   Whoops-I sent the wrong pictures. These are the right ones.

   
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   wwbeds | Oct 14, 2011 02:14pm | #4

   Hid the leg

   I use the Rockler system and I hid the legs a few ways.  One is to move the murphy bed legs to the outside edge and open up the front.  Here is an example: http://wwbeds.com/excalibur.htm

   Another way is to make the wall bed leg long.  Here is an example of one like that.  http://wwbeds.com/euro.htm