How to Make a PVC Cot or Bed for Your Dog |Dog How2 Vids|

How to Make a PVC Cot or Bed for Your Dog |Dog How2 Vids|

www.DogHow2Vids.blogspot.com br How to Make a PVC Cot or Bed for Your Dog |Dog How2 Vids| br Sewing Instructions br Only Four Materials Needed br 1. Corner pieces 1 14 inch br 2. PVC Pipe br 1 14 inch, schedule 40 br pvc comes in sticks, 10', can be purchased at any hardware store,about $4.38 from big box stores br can also buy 20' sticks from plumbing supplies br 3. Screws br Round Washer Head #8 x 12 " br NOTE Our video shows our screws being 8 x 34 inch.You can use either size, we happen to have had the longer ones donated for a recent bed build. br 4. Cloth br -the best option for covering the beds is 40oz or even 50oz solid vinyl, it's easiest to clean while being most durable br Cutting PVC and Tools br Cutting the PVC br If making numerous beds for a shelter, we recommend building the medium sized beds and add a few large ones. The medium beds will accommodate most dogs. br As an option for the medium sized beds, you can added 3 inches to the long side and subtracted 3 inches from the short side (or any amount you need) to better br fit into narrow kennels.Be sure to make appropriate cloth sizes if you change the frame size. br --Best to mark plastic of frame to alert shelter staff not to throw away frame as it can be recovered with new cloth. br Tools Needed br -Hammer br -Drill br -Saw (to cut PVC) br -Tape measure br -Channel Locks (to turn pvc after cloth is applied to tighten) br Or br Dimensions for Cloth and PVC br Small Bed br Cloth size 36” x 29” br 1 10 ft stick or 112” br -2 pieces at 18.5 inches each br -2 pieces at 25.5 inches each br -4 pieces at 4 inches each (legs) br br Final Dimensions 22"x29" br Medium Bed br Cloth size 34.5" x 38.5" br 1 10ft stick will make one complete bed including legs, br -2 at 24" br -2 at 28" br -4 pieces at 4 inches each (legs) br br Final Dimension 27.5" x 31.5" br Abbey is a 70lb dog br Large Bed br Cloth size36” x 45” 144” needed br You will need 1-10 ft stick of PVC and an additional 20" to make one complete large bed br -2 pieces at 25.5 inches each br -2 pieces at 34.5 inches each br -4 pieces at 4 inches each(legs) br br Final Dimensions 29"x 38" br Peppy the Dalmatian is a 76lb dog br Building Instructions for Elevated Dog Bed br -not everyone is use to using a drill, tell everyone to stop drilling when the screw is flush with the cloth br -It is critical to get the corners neat and tight or the dogs will chew on anything they can grip.In the shelters, this pvc and cloth are the most chewable thing, and they will try to chew it. br PVC Mass Production of beds Mass production spreadsheet br Use the Beds tab if you know how many beds you want to make, but need to know how much PVC to get br Use the Sticks tab if you have PVC pipe and want to see how many beds you can make br If you're only making small beds, you need 1 stick for each bed br 1 stick = a 10 foot piece of PVC (120 inches) br 1 stick = 1 small bed with legs br 1 stick = 1 large bed & no legs br 1 stick = 20 legs, enough for 5 beds br 5 sticks = 4 small beds & 1 large bed br 6 sticks = 5 large beds br 11 sticks = 4 small & 6 large beds br br 1. Using a corner piece, put one short and one long pipe into 2 of the 3 holes br 2. Once the frame is built, use a hammer to on each corner to firmly hit each side to force the legs into the corner pieces, br don't worry about hitting too hard, the pvc is strong br 3. Insert 4 legs into holes, turn bed over and hit the top of each corner 1-2 times to be sure legs are in as fartight as they can be --nofor this br 4. Lay the cloth on a flat surface and lay the frame on top, with legs pointing up, center frame on cloth br 5. Fold cloth corners under frame, be sure to keep frame centered on cloth when doing this br (note:fold of cloth, 2nd , should be centered just inside of corner piece) br 6. Take one long side of cloth and make 2 one-half inch-ish folds, material should hit the center of the pvc on the bottom side of frame br 7. Place one screw in the mid point of the PVC & screw the cloth to the PVC. Be sure screw goes thru folds of the cloth br 8. Place screws evenly spaced on the frame. br (5 screws, short side of small bed, 6 screws for long side) br (6 screws for short side of large bed, 8 screws for long side of bed) br 9. Screw one screw to opposite side of frame, use channel locks to tighten plastic frame which will tighten cloth. br 10. Finish putting screws for opposite leg, repeat steps for other sides of bed br If the frame doesn't sit square on the floor, put the frame on its side, legs facing you and twist the legs a bit br 11. On the top side of the bed, place 5 screws thru the cloth and into the corner of the pvc corner piece, this serves 2 purposes br 1. keeps the cloth from being chewed br 2. keeps the side frame pieces from turning br 2 is best as the screws will be a deterrent to start chewing. 3 shows screws inserted too far from the edge. br Be sure to have volunteers place screws as close to edge of the cloth as they can. br How to Make a PVC Cot or Bed for Your Dog |Dog How2 Vids| br www.DogHow2Vids.blogspot.


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