I'm working on a couple of beds for a customer in Virginia. He's got an antique bed with a unique bed bolt and he wants to replicate this system if possible.
The bolt itself has a cylindrical head, rather than a standard hex or square head. The cylinder has holes drilled through along the outside face, which allows you to insert a screwdriver or similar object to be used as a wrench to tighten the bolt into a captive nut in the footboard stile. With this system, no externally visible fastener is needed and the mortise in the rail for the bolt can be quite small. Does anyone have any idea where I might find a bolt like this? I'm thinking it should be a 1/2" or 5/8" bolt.
My best,
Zach