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Looking for plans to make a custom king sized bed (lemmy.ca)

submitted 10 months ago by CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

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I want to make my own bed, and have several example pictures. Where do people find plans for their furniture?

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

I have yet to build anything from plans I haven't drawn myself.

I tend to look at a lot of pictures for inspiration, and I'll admit to just...watching episodes of the New Yankee Workshop and just ripping off what Norm did; my parents have a very nicely plagiarized set of bookcases flanking their front door. But I often take a design element from here, another from there, and combine them into what I want.

I do tend to use the drafting process almost as a dress rehearsal for building the piece, creating the parts in 3D CAD and then assembling them teaches you things about the build.

I personally use FreeCAD, because basically nothing else is viable.