Steel Bed Bolts, 6 inch

6" Steel Bed Bolts commonly seen on antique rope beds, securely connect side rails to head/foot boards. Tendon end of side-rail slips into mortise-cut in bed-post. Once in place, bed bolt draws wood bed-post and side-rail tightly together producing a strong rigid joint.  However, some vintage beds have odd thread sizes, if different, nut in side-rail will need to be replaced.

Steel Bed Bolts

• Length: 6"
• Length less Head: 5-3/8"
• Bolt Thread: 3/8"- 16
• Square Head: 3/8" x 3/8"
• Flange Diameter: 15/16"
• Head Depth: 5/8" Depth
• Square Nut:  3/4"x 3/4"

How to Measure

• Overall Length includes head and flange
• Length less head & flange: 5-3/8"
• Measure depth of Head- channel in bed post. must-be deep enough to contain 5/8" head including flange.
• Measure channel in bed rail, must-be long enough to accommodate bolt length less head & flange.
• Historically thread-size of old/antique nuts varied. Our bolts screw into a 3/8"- 16 nut, 3/8 refers to bolt diameter, 16 refers to the number of threads per inch. If your bed has existing nuts It will be necessary to determine nut thread size. Nuts must be replaced if size is different than 3/8"- 16.

This steel bolt is forged steel providing strong and reliable support for beds. A steel nut is included. The bolt has a standard 3/8"- 16 thread.

Installing Bed Bolts

To secure bedpost to rail, insert bolt through bed-post into bed-rail. Tighten with a bed bolt wrench.

Please see: replacing bolt and nut for additional help when both nut an bolt must be replaced.

Use a decorative bed bolt cover to conceal head of bolt. Today these beds are adapted with spring supports to hold modern spring and mattresses.

If the mattress needs to be lowered: attach spring supports to inside of rails. The spring supports will hold modern spring and mattresses.