My first time building any sort of furniture. I’m a journeyman redseal carpenter in Canada and spent my career building houses for 15 years and recently started a new job where I have access to a shop and some better tools.

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Looks good!

But if you want to use the posts for play, you’ll likely want to connect them with rails at the top

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I do plan on doing a top rail so we can hang things off as decoration. It’s extremely solid though as is.

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It definitely looks like it’s solid enough for a bed, but it doesn’t look like it’s solid enough to hang a sling from or tie up a fella to.

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Looks very good! Nice job!

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She looks solid. 10/10 wood sleep.

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That glue up seems a bit excessive.

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You mean all those clamps? Nah that looks about right to me. The thinner/narrower the boards are, the closer together the clamps need to be.

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They don’t look particularly thin.

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compared to, say, a glue up connecting 8 inch boards on edge they do.

(wow I’m never posting from my phone again, really had to fix that.)

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Better too many clamps than too few. Use 'em if you’ve got 'em.

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