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This weekend only got 2 hrs in the shop today. Enough time to rout out posts and rails for the bed rail hangers. Shop made jig , using a 3/8" strait bit in my Colt and another router with a 1/4" bit to make relief pockets for the hooks. A spacer block will use the same jig for the rails. The spacer block I made up , should have tested on scrap 1st, it's off centre a 1/16". Small relief pockets for the back side of the hooks hand routed.
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Added a 1.75" x 2 " oak strip for box spring support. I have to trim the rail to length and redo the routed mortises for the metal hanger. I thought the bed rails had been trimmed for length. 
Glad that the rails where not even lengths, as I wouldn't have caught this mistake. Approx 1" over size, length should be 82".
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Started the final sand, pore filling, glue up post sections. You need long clamps for this job! T
I thinned the filler slightly, makes it a lot easier to put on, wipe off.
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about time I got back to finishing this bed . Spraying 10 am till after 7 pm & got 3 coats of satin lacquer on. Could only spray one of the head / foot boards at a time. Stain is Benjamin Moore Danish Walnut
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Sunday we took the bed to my son's house, 2+ hr drive. Tied down with 4 ratchet straps and lots of pillows , blankets, towels to keep parts from rubbing. I now have some room in my shop again!
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