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How do I repair a broken wood bed rail?
We just moved and set up the bed. When we sat down we heard a snap and the mattress dropped a half a foot. Turns out that the wood bed rails, which are set up like an "L", the bottom part of the L supports the edge of the mattress...
Well, the two parts of the L split and cracked and now there is no support on one end of the mattress. I am not very clever when it comes to handiness... any ideas of how to repair this? I don't think wood glue itself would work b/c it's a lot of weight to support....
I would measure the size of the wood. If it's a bed rail chances are its a 2 x6 x6.5 feet long
Let's hope your into the rustic look of pine like myself...If so this won't be an expensive board to buy. If not it may be a bit pricey, but yet cheaper than tossing out the bed and getting a new one. Take the L brackets off and put them on the new bed after you stain the new rail. You can contact the place you purchased it and they can tell you the color of the stain for that model.
This is a pretty simple job if your handy with a saw and drill.
You could always try to "Sister" or "Scab" a backer to the broken rail. You would have to glue the crack, pre drill some holes in the broken wood where it is split so you can drive a screw in the 1'2 side to suck it back together. You would want as many screws there as you can without compromising what's left to drill in. then you would take a piece of wood and screw it to the inside of the broken board and that will help carry the weight. You need a bit more skill in order to fix it this way.
Good luck..hope you don't end up tossing it out..I know i could fix it!
P.S. Thats a good one..I will blame the broken bed on the movers next time....evil grin 
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