Thread: I need some curved bed slats

Originally Posted by yvan

I would be interested to know how can slats be held in place on their frames without "meandering".

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Cheers
Yvan

This is where I’m at with ours. I bought the IKEA LONSET Set for $150. Then I made a base frame myself - which was necessary because it has to meet some custom requirements. Then I removed the slats, rubber pockets and webbing strips from the IKEA units and fitted them to my base frame

The rubber pockets were simply stapled to the timber sides, as per the ikea version, so I assume they don’t get a lot of twisting forces.

The four strips of black webbing have ‘slots’ through which you thread the slats. Then the webbing is fixed at either end with a bit of tension. The slats are restrained in their slots in the webbing and can only move about 4mm (towards or way from the photographer).

I assume the black webbing absorbs most of the twisting forces, rather then the rubber pockets, otherwise I can’t see it lasting a long time especially if held together with staples.

Seems to work OK.

you could make these strips yourself given a sewing machine and some webbing (purchased from spotlite or perhaps Bunnings).

I hope I interpreted your question correctly.

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