Still at it on the Short Bus. Finally got a place to sleep. Welded up a steel frame that bolts to the wall track, and straddles some Costco folding-top storage totes. The frame has 3ea removable supports connected by 5/8" pins; when the bed is folded these disconnect, nest together and get stowed. Mattress is a 5" memory foam Full XL (53" W x 79" ) narrowed by 6" to 47". This sits on 3/4" MDO (paper faced, both sides) plywood, 80" x 52". 3ea sections are connected by 6ft aluminum piano hinge. When folded, the top forms a flat shelf and protrudes from the wall about 22". Mattress and hinges both from Amazon.
You may have just saved me a bunch of money. I am making two benches 26"x 79" and plan to just cut a full XL in half. Is there actual gel pockets in the top layer or is it just a part of the mixture in the foam?
You may have just saved me a bunch of money. I am making two benches 26"x 79" and plan to just cut a full XL in half. Is there actual gel pockets in the top layer or is it just a part of the mixture in the foam?
Did not see any gel. Just two layers of foam. But I didn't really look at it all that much...just opened the cover, measured and cut, then spray-glued the cover back together.
FYI - That mattress was only $135 shipped, and weighs about 60 lbs.