Need help disassembling a bed

Kind of hard to tell from your description and photo?

I don’t know if you have anything like this or not.

http://scottjordan.com/platform-beds/bed-bolt-construction/

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

i k now, sorry. i’m not at the house with the bed anymore.
but no, it does not have those style bed bolts. there are no exposed bolts anywhere or bolt covers.

thinking if i knew what kind of hardware it was i could search for that and then understand how it’s attached.

Sounds like typical modular firniture assembly (ie Ikea). After turning the Allen key all the way one way try gently pulling the joint apart. If it doesn’t work, turn all the way the other way and try again. If it still doesn’t work look for signs of glue, in which case you’ve got a bigger problem.

Based only on your description and what I can see in the pic, my best guess is a KD fastener like this:
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=10517&site=ROCKLER
While this is not typically used in beds, and would not be my choice to do so, someone apparently thought it to be a good idea. So what Jeff says applies if this is the type. After studying some more, and trying to orient the first pic with the second, you may have to remove the cross battens first.

DanK

-- Dan Krager, Olney IL http://www.kragerwoodworking.weebly.com

Thanks DanK.
I think it must be something pretty close to that.
So you think the sides would pull away from the headboard rather than headboard away from the sides?

I’ll go back and see w hat I can do with it.

Thanks again.

figured it out.
the four holes i was trying to mess with really had nothing to do with it. i think they were some sort of tightening mechanism to pull the headboard tight to the rails. but there were 8 allen head bolts connected the bead to the headboard. once those came out, the sides tapped right out (dowels).

thanks!

Good! Could you post a couple pictures so at least I can put this to rest, please?
DanK

-- Dan Krager, Olney IL http://www.kragerwoodworking.weebly.com

The bed is already re-assembled in the new home. I’d have to remove the headboard to show you the two things I was strugglign with.
But essentially the head and foot are connected with bolts, straight through the frame members and into threaded inserts in the head and foot. The head and foot both sit directly on the floor, so it just needs to stay upright.
Kind of cheesy construction.

Put it to rest…

OK. Thanks. Happy resting!
DanK

-- Dan Krager, Olney IL http://www.kragerwoodworking.weebly.com