Can I laminate pine boards together to make legs for a bed?

If your mating faces on your stock are flat, then you should have no problems at all. It,s plenty strong enough and often more stable than 4×4 stock anyway.

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Sure! Plenty strong. Just make sure the glued faces are good and flat to bond well.

Sure you can, why not, make sure to use a good glue (Ultimate Titebond III -green-) and strong screw clamps.

-- Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain" Frank Lloyd Wright

Sure you can….just take a look at the furniture in some of the stores now….pine and other softwoods are used all over the place.

Keep a couple things in mind as you do this. 1st use a good quality glue and make sure you get an even layer on both mating faces. Second, use enough clamps! (You can never have enough clamps :-) And 3rd is remember it is almost impossible to keep the pieces from sliding so you will have to true up each side when the glue has dried, so have a plan for that (you can use a jointer.)

Sounds like a great project and I look forward to seeing the final photos of it.

PS….don’t worry about that feeling like you are over your head. You will soon be swimming with the rest of us.

Take care and Have Fun

-- Greg - Charles Town, WV

Another thing to add to the list of precautions is to make sure you are using wood that has a moisture content below 10%. Pine construction lumber is usually significantly more.

-- Julian, Park Forest, IL

Thanks for all the great replies.

-CXD

-- Oregon

When you clamp it up use Cauls. Pine is soft and may be dented or damaged from the clamps. Be sure to post your completed project ;-)

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