Project: Maple Baby Cradle

[mark koopman]

Hi All,

I enjoying looking at all of your guys project so much I thought I would post one that I'm working on...a baby cradle for my first child...due end of may
Below are pics of the side assebly
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Side Base


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Close up of the mortise


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Side Top Tenon


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Side Top


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Getting Glued UP

[mark koopman]

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Close up of sliding dovetail on the stretcher



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Close up of the box joints



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The Finished cradle



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Another Shot


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and Another



All thats left is sanding and some stain...I will post some more pics when it is completly finished.

if you want to see some larger pics http://216.17.223.180/maplecradle.html

-Mark

[Nate Rogers]

Mark,
That is a real classy looking piece, congrats on a nicely finished project..And good luck with the little one!!

Nate

[John Miliunas]

Mark, well done, with some beautiful joinery!!! I'm thinking you've got some significant mileage in a WW shop...It shows! :) And, congrats on the upcoming arrival. We WILL be expecting pics of both, the completed cradle w/finish, as well as its new owner!!! :) :cool:

[lou sansone]

very nice indeed. they are pretty hard to make. post some photos when it is all "finished "

lou

[Dave Bonde]

Very nice! I like the design and the details you have added like the box joints and the dovetail. Dave

[Matt Meiser]

Nice cradle! A cradle was one of my first projects and one that I hope will last for generations. It looks like yours certainly will.

[Pete Harbin]

Nice work Mark! Thanks for the pictoral and the peeks at the joinery. Well done.

Pete

[David Duke]

Nice looking cradle Mark, I really like how you attached the stretcher with a sliding dovetail.

[mark koopman]

Thanks guys

Dave Duke - One of the goals when I was designing this project was to have it all assemble and dissasseble with only wood joinery no screws no bolts etc. The sliding dovetail worked out wonderfully and the cradle is solid as rock.

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

The only negative I have is "DO YOU REALLY H A V E to S T A I N" it? Looks great the color it is!

Bruce

[Jason Tuinstra]

Mark, it's looking very nice. I like the overall look a lot. Nice job.

[Bruce Page]

Mark, nice looking cradle, very solid looking. Are you going to install a locking pin?

Concrats on your first child!

[mark koopman]

Yea definately will be adding a locking pin as per the law here in Canada. Thanks for the reminder though it did kinda slip my mind

Bruce Shiverdecker - It will probably pain you even more to knwo that it will be stained a medium coffee brown. I done some other maple pieces stained the same color and have been quite happy with the results and more importantly the LOML is really into dark brown pieces now and shes sewn a quilt to go with it.