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In this video we’ll be showing you how we decided to tackle building our fixed transverse campervan bed. Hopefully it might help someone tackling building their own bed frame. Below are some of the links* for bits and bobs we have used in this video. Bed Slat Holders/Caps https://amzn.to/3bL50or KREG Jig R3 Pocket Hole System, Blue https://amzn.to/3eJCXay Irwin Q/G54122QC Quick-Grip Mini Clamp, 300mm, Pack of 2 https://amzn.to/2NgQ9bT Bosch IXO Cordless Screwdriver with Integrated 3.6 V Lithium-Ion Battery https://amzn.to/2Nu581P Bosch PST 800 PEL Jigsaw https://amzn.to/3qFwmB6 Makita 18 V Cordless Combi Drill, 2 x Batteries, Charger and Accessory Kit, 70 pc. https://amzn.to/3u9ctVh Gorilla Wood Glue 532ml https://amzn.to/3tiHzZC Everbuild Stixall Extreme Power, Building Adhesive and Sealant Hybrid, White, 290 ml https://amzn.to/38D8Wp6 3×2 timber was purchased from Wickes. LURÖY double bed slats were from Ikea for £25. So WHO are WE? We’re Scarlett, Craig and Merlin and along with Helsing, form the PILGRIM PODS! If you enjoy this video why not check out some of our other content? Delve even deeper into our channel; we thought we’d create a series of vlogs chronicling the conversion of our old panel van HELSING (did you see what we did there?) into a weekend warrioring campervan for ADVENTURING and EXPLORING in the UK. Each vlog will cover a stage or smaller element of our campervan build, showing our ideas put into action and highlighting our SUCCESSES and FAILURES along the way. With no previous experience this may make for an interesting journey! Our plan is to convert a cheap van on a small budget without cutting corners and at the end, have a campervan to be proud of. We’re hoping you’d like to join us for this journey and that you find our uploads ENTERTAINING and even, INFORMATIVE! Want to see what we’re up to between videos? ► Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pilgrimpods ► Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pilgrimpods Thanks for checking us out. MUCH LOVE! Scarlett, Craig and Merlin x Music we’ve used in this video: Track: Next One — Roa [Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: https://youtu.be/vuTis4iiS3A Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/next-one Track: Drive — Markvard [Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: https://youtu.be/3dQDaKnyiX0 Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/drive Track: San Andreas — Vendredi [Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: https://youtu.be/IzKrJ_RYXtE Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/san-andreas Track: Move — KV [Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: https://youtu.be/mQm340YnF2w Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/move Anything by Soyb & Amine Maxwell https://soundcloud.com/soybmusic https://soundcloud.com/aminemaxwell Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/-anything Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/UcNLEN-WZes *All the above are affiliate links from which we earn a small percentage from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you. #pilgrimpods #selfbuildcampervan #campervanbed #diybudgetcampervanconversion #citroenrelaycampervanconversion #citroenrelaycampervan
Wow your ceiling is really cool!
Thanks! 😊
Brilliant
Thanks!
Really looking good and well planned.
Thanks, arguably we could have used slightly thinner wood but my wife and I aren’t small people and wanted to make sure the bed would live up to the task of supporting us and a dog! 🙂
Your inexplicable lack of a square notwithstanding, your work is good. But can you please explain what your logic is in adding that awful discordant generic noise between your detailed comments? It’s not only totally unnecessary, it is truly awful and horribly intrusive. You even UP THE VOLUME!! FFS WHY??????
Please stop imitating the very worst of amateur production styles. This video is totally unwatchable due to this awful noise. NO, it is not music. No one in their right mind would ever claim it is. That vile, grating racket is demonstrably just nasty electronic cacophony randomly assembled to placate online IP issues, and could only ever appeal to tone deaf morons, and those who’s only desire is to torture the listener.
Enough already
If the music in any of our videos isn’t to your taste to the extent you consider it torture please feel free to go elsewhere. 😉👍
As someone once said… ‘It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.’
Me? I say thanks for feeding the algorithm and don’t let the door hit you on the way out. 😘
Pilgrim Pods Sadly you missed the point of my comment completely. But thank you for sharing one of my favourite quotes (which I memorised in 1985), even if it is one of the most dishonest speeches ever made, especially since it was delivered by an American president at the Sorbonne in Paris – just as Milner’s round table in the USA and UK were planning to start the Great War which killed hundreds of thousands of French people, and those of many other countries.
Oh, and due to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871, the USA is not a republic, so it’s doubly ironic. But I’m sure the passing of the Third Force Act the same year had nothing to do with that…!
It’s wonderful to meet someone who’s interested in history. However, in respect to the original subject being discussed, I prefer the immortal lines of Clint Eastwood’s Harry Callahan character who sagely observed: “A man’s gotta know his limitations…”
I know I’m not a good video editor, therefore I don’t post videos that have had horrible pointless musac added. I’m also a lazy researcher, that’s why I’m an analyst.
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Great video mate.
Just one thought, you could have just screwed the outside edges of the slats and either placed and screwed a thin plank over the middle to hold it down and stop it moving upwards but allow horizontal movement or screw the outside and just loosely fasten the middle with long holes horizontal like a half inch or inch and big washers to allow for movement. Just a thought to save buying and also stronger than plastic of there is any unwanted movement in a direction you don’t want be a bit more secure.
Good video mate and like the clamps aswell thought about this myself when I build my one out next year..
Cheers just subscribed look forward to watching your other videos 👍🏴
Thanks for the advice and for deciding to stick around for a bit! 🙂
Well done and thanks for sharing very useful 👍
Thanks for checking the video out Alan. 🙂👍
I’ve absolutely loved watching your videos over the last few days prior to my van build start. Can I ask the size of drill bit you used for the plastic slat holders (would save me time) 🤣
Thanks David, I can’t recall the drill bit size sorry. Was a snug fit I remember that much! 🙂
Great Video on the Bed Frame ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Cheers Jono! 🍻
Well done. Learned alot from this video.
Glad you found it of use. 🙂
Excellent build! That’s what I intend. Love to hear how you like it? 2x3s and 2x2s were how I was planning to do mine. Thanks!
Glad you found the video to be of use. It’s a super solid bed (possibly over engineered but we’re a big couple) and once it has a thick mattress on it it’ll be great!
Very useful video but your sound levels are all over the place.
Yeah, sorry about that. Thanks for checking it out.
Really informative. Can I just ask what you are actually screwing the frame to? Is it the batten or the actual metal of the van? Also how do you screw the batten to the metal of the van? Do you live it up smwoth the original holes and pick screws that are the same size?
Mainly screwed into the earlier battening which in turn is glued and screwed to the metalwork.
Great Video thanks,
I’m trying to build my bed atm and feeling overwhelmed. This has really helped thanks.
Glad you found it of use Tom. Arguably it’s a bit over engineered but my wife and I aren’t small people and we wanted something solid! 😄
what did you do with the bed in the corners ?? did you cut down the mattress ???
Opted to buy a decent bespoke mattress cut to shape and size, worked out at probably an extra £100 on the cost of a decent double mattress. Was happy spending the extra money to get a really comfortable night’s sleep. When I was 20 I could sleep on a concrete floor now in my forties I need a little more comfort in my life! 😄
Excellent build and instruction!