Van Folding Bed by joehoppe

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Camper Van Foldable Bed
This are parts i created to build our functional bed in our custom made camper van.
The Parts
Sides
The sides are built of a 16mm textured coated board. Each side has three layers. The middle Layer is the bed itself that can be moved. The outer layers keeps the husk and bolts in place.
Duckboards
The width of the bad can be coosen by yourself. Just use some planks in the same width. The bed in the pictures has a width of 1.4 meters. The Duckboards and also the mounts are from an old bed.
Arretation and mechanics
To create a strength rotation axis i used husks and bolts out of aluminium. The husks has a outer diameter of 16mm. The bolts has the best diameter available in the hardware shop.
The bolts has a well in the length direction to put in the wire of the bowden cable and one well from the side with a thread to screw in a setscrew to secure the wire. A compressing spring of 45mm length togheter with the 3D printed part are the arretation mechanics shown in the animated gif.
A number of 6 pieces are needed. One for each foldable side of the bed and one for the splints. This twice for each side of the bed.
Splints
The bed can b moved on the splints to gain more room inside the van.
More Information
If you want to build this bed and you need more help feel free to contact me!