Jim Benante
07-08-2005, 11:31 PM
I have finished a crib even before my first child is born! I think the little one will arrive this week.
Here are the pics.
I used different harware then the plan called for and this caused me some problems. I still need to get the front gate working flawlessly.
I routed out the area for the front gate hardware as I realized late in the game that an extra inch would be present on the front gate and that would make things not square.
I hate the mattress spring! It caused some scrathches and really the plans I used don't allow enough room for it. I had to bend the brakets to make it work and this is also causing the problem with the front gate mentioned above that causes it to come out of its track on one side. I think I can resolve this, but the solution has not come to mind yet. Anyone use the products america crib harware or dealt with a mattress spring for a crib and had problems.
I finished the crib with rubbed on BLO then sprayed one coat of dewaxed blonde shellac then 3 coats of Target Coatings WB lacquer. In about 10 days I will buff the crib, but it already is pretty smooth. I did buff lightly after the shellac application was dry (1 day) with a white scotch brite type pad to remove the surface imperfections.
Oh yeah, it is maple and the darker pieces are canary wood.
Here are the pics.
I used different harware then the plan called for and this caused me some problems. I still need to get the front gate working flawlessly.
I routed out the area for the front gate hardware as I realized late in the game that an extra inch would be present on the front gate and that would make things not square.
I hate the mattress spring! It caused some scrathches and really the plans I used don't allow enough room for it. I had to bend the brakets to make it work and this is also causing the problem with the front gate mentioned above that causes it to come out of its track on one side. I think I can resolve this, but the solution has not come to mind yet. Anyone use the products america crib harware or dealt with a mattress spring for a crib and had problems.
I finished the crib with rubbed on BLO then sprayed one coat of dewaxed blonde shellac then 3 coats of Target Coatings WB lacquer. In about 10 days I will buff the crib, but it already is pretty smooth. I did buff lightly after the shellac application was dry (1 day) with a white scotch brite type pad to remove the surface imperfections.
Oh yeah, it is maple and the darker pieces are canary wood.