First post here; I apologize in advance if I'm posting in the wrong place. I would love some advice on bed hardware. I'm building an oak four-poster bed, and trying to decide on the best knock-down hardware to connect the rails to the head- and footboards. I'm attaching a jpeg (which...

First off, excited I found this forum. I'm working on my son's bedroom and looking for baseball themed furniture ideas. I'm working on his bed now and adding bats and baseballs to the head and footboards. Pictures will be posted soon.

I'm about to start on a pine bed with 3" square posts, turned finials an feet (separate parts from main post). would you mill the posts from 16/4 stock, or glue up layers of 3/4 stock to get to the nominal thickness? Is one any stronger/weaker than the other? If I went with the glue-up, I...