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Rick,
Really nice.
For pappy and others who want to make something similar but do not like Rick's perfectly decent idea of dowels, Woodsmith has a different idea. I made one to their plans where you make a through mortise out of two 3/4 inch pieces of wood for the top and bottom rail using a router and jig (it's basically an oversized dado). When you glue the pieces together you get a through dado. Now you can slip in the spindles after glueing up the headboard and footboard. I modified this approach in mine but putting 1/4 inch mortises in the bottom rail and short tenons on each spindle. I did this mainly to save wood. I still slipped them in from the top (really I had to pound on them a bit, they were snug but that helps the final appearance).
Jim
Really nice.
For pappy and others who want to make something similar but do not like Rick's perfectly decent idea of dowels, Woodsmith has a different idea. I made one to their plans where you make a through mortise out of two 3/4 inch pieces of wood for the top and bottom rail using a router and jig (it's basically an oversized dado). When you glue the pieces together you get a through dado. Now you can slip in the spindles after glueing up the headboard and footboard. I modified this approach in mine but putting 1/4 inch mortises in the bottom rail and short tenons on each spindle. I did this mainly to save wood. I still slipped them in from the top (really I had to pound on them a bit, they were snug but that helps the final appearance).
Jim
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