Making A Bed Frame For A Van

It was a rush deal and some of my van build didn t happen until i actually moved in to my home on wheels.

Making a bed frame for a van.

Building our removable bed frame for camper van conversion height of the bed. The platform is created from three rectangular frames with supports. Bunch of wood screws about 2 inches long. Designing the bed frame.

This post is about our first sprinter van which we bought in may 2016 converted lived traveled in and sold may 2018. 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. I chose to have the bed frame slightly smaller than the mattress because it doesn t need 100 percent support to stay up. 1 sheet of plywood 4 feet by 8 feet 1 piece of 2x6 lumber 84 inches in length used for the pillars.

I had 260 x 80 x 150 cm of space in total for the bed frame. The first step to build a bed frame for a van is to see what s possible with your van s size and design. We attached the legs to the support frame using pocket holes on one side and 1 angle brackets on the other side. Dimensions of inside your van.

We tried to make the bed as high off the ground to maximize storage space underneath it. Home depot only makes straight cuts not fancy cuts. I made the bed frame itself 180 x 121 x 50 cm. Each support frame consists of a crossbar that runs across the width of the van with two legs holding it up from underneath.

Before you do anything else you need to determine what size your bed platform will be. But with a simple bed frame all you need is straight cuts. 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. The support frames are 24 tall which matches the height of our kitchen unit.

3 pieces of 2x4 lumber 84 inches in length used for the bottom platform ribs.