Making A Bed Frame For A Van

Bunch of wood screws about 2 inches long.

Making a bed frame for a van.

We attached the legs to the support frame using pocket holes on one side and 1 angle brackets on the other side. Home depot only makes straight cuts not fancy cuts. Materials needed to build a van conversion bed frame 2 3 s wood screws 2 sheets of 1 2 plywood depending on the size of the bed circular saw miter saw kregjig pocket hole triangle straight edge measuring tape. Designing the bed frame.

I chose to have the bed frame slightly smaller than the mattress because it doesn t need 100 percent support to stay up. It was a rush deal and some of my van build didn t happen until i actually moved in to my home on wheels. The support frames are 24 tall which matches the height of our kitchen unit. 1 sheet of plywood 4 feet by 8 feet 1 piece of 2x6 lumber 84 inches in length used for the pillars.

This post is about our first sprinter van which we bought in may 2016 converted lived traveled in and sold may 2018. Building our removable bed frame for camper van conversion height of the bed. 3 pieces of 2x4 lumber 84 inches in length used for the bottom platform ribs. Unfortunately i didn t take pictures as i was building my camper van bed frame back in 2015.

Dimensions of inside your van. Before you do anything else you need to determine what size your bed platform will be. Each support frame consists of a crossbar that runs across the width of the van with two legs holding it up from underneath. The platform is created from three rectangular frames with supports.

Building a bed frame for your sprinter van in this post we will cover the basics of building a wooden bed frame with simple lumber construction in our sprinter campervan. But with a simple bed frame all you need is straight cuts. I made the bed frame itself 180 x 121 x 50 cm. Make pocket holes and assemble.

The first step to build a bed frame for a van is to see what s possible with your van s size and design.