Because I spend 18 weeks a year on the road, teaching and researching, I am always relieved when I return home and my key still works in the front door.
I’ve always thought I should have a Plan B in the works, something I could stow in the shop that we could also use when we have extra visitors. But despite all my research on folding beds for “Campaign Furniture,” I didn’t find a plan I liked enough to build.
That is, until I stumbled on this plans from the April 1954 issue of The Woodworker magazine. It is structured very much like a folding campaign bed and collapses into a thin cabinet-like structure.
Download the entire 1954 article here.
It looks comfortable enough to sleep on for a couple days until the florist arrives with a few dozen roses, don’t you think?
— Christopher Schwarz
After all the late nights this spring, I may need one of those myself…
You’ve got to get another florist.
Have you seen the Civil War. I got a copy of the plans from A J Hamler and built one a few months ago. It has been taken over by one of my Granddaughters and she has been using it for the last month. It rolls up instead of folding up. I roll it up and store it under the bed when not in use.
Oh my how rude! I don’t believe Mr. Schwarz is quite old enough to have seen the civil war. I could be wrong but I think the chap looks quite young myself.
I guess that is rude of me. I meant “have you seen a civil war cot” 🙂
You’ll need a wooden blanket to match. The Germans make them, of course (www.elisastrozyk.de).
Can you make that by next Friday? Pretty please?
Why build a cot if you have a nice coffin?
When I was researching building caskets (not a coffin by the strict definition, I’m told), one of the suggested uses before it was needed was flipped over to be the base of a twin bed.
I don’t get it, but most people don’t get why I would want to build my own casket. 🙂
Cf Jones pp1185-6. 😉
If the horizontal bars are low enough that they don’t hit your back, I’ll build it. Looks perfect for car camping (not backpacking without a Sherpa).
It didn’t happen if there is no PICTURE!