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Then, I used dowels to help line everything up when the boards were glued up.
Once the glue dried, I ran the other two faces (top and bottom) through the planer.
STEP THREE: CUT THE BEAMS TO LENGTH
Next, I cut the beams to length. dimensions are at the beginning of the article in case you missed it.
Next, I cut 10 2x4 slats to fit across the frame. I attached them with pocket screws as well. This gave the screws
more meat to bite into rather than drilling straight up into the 3/4" piece above the 2x4's.
I added two more 2x4's the opposite direction to add more support.
I also glued and nailed some 1x4's to the back of the headboard. This is just to add some more strength and to
make it so that the headboard doesn't only hit the wall on the trim pieces.