Bed wood cutting

[ho70]

Making own bedwood......Can use router or table saw for groove, but what is best way to make outer edge lower than middle of plank?

[bigpaul]

ho70. I have done a couple of wood beds starting with rough lumber. I only used my table saw and a dado blade to cut the grooves. I guess I should add that I used a planer to plane the rough lumber. If I remember right I set the dado blade to cut the deeper grove first and reset the blade to cut the other. You can do this with your saw blade if you don't have a dado, it just takes longer.

[JustToxic]

Last wood bed I helped with, we used a table saw and a router table. Turned out nice.

[DPowell]

A couple setups with a router edge guide and you can knock out the groove and outer edge in a hurry.

[ho70]

thanks guys, will give it a try

[kwmech]

Originally Posted by ho70

Making own bedwood......Can use router or table saw for groove, but what is best way to make outer edge lower than middle of plank?

Table saw also with the fence and the blade set correctly

[LockDoc]

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I also used my large thickness planer, table saw, router table, and miter saw to trim the ends.

LockDoc

[GR8-68]

I actually mad the ones on my truck shallower than factory so the wear bar actually sticks up a bit further, the only issue with doing them deeper is your wear bar only serves as a hold down now and does not truly protect the wood.