Greg Cuetara
04-20-2007, 10:01 PM
I found out a few weeks ago I have a bundle of joy on the way. I have been working at making a few new projects. The first is a glider/rocker which I have finished but still have the ottoman to go. I got my hands on some beech and was very suprised on how it turned out.
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So my real question is I am trying to design a baby changing table. I have already gotten some great help from a few fellow creekers and they have given me a great start with overall dimensions and the basic look the LOML is going for. I am planning on laminating two pieces together to make the corner legs so that they will be almost 1.5" square. For the rails (which are 1.5" deep) that go between the legs (which will span approx. 4 feet) should I laminate two pieces together or will one piece be ok. I am including a plan which I have started to work up. I am fairly new to furniture design and I havn't built too much so I am not sure what is reasonable. Maybe the 1.5" should be more like 3"...
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This may be too much for one post...but one more question. I am also looking at building a crib from the rockler plan. There are 52 slats to be made. Each end you need to make a round tenon...the plans call for these tenons to be made by hand with sandpaper....I was thinking about buying a lee valley mini-tenon cutter which would make making the tenons much easier. Has anyone used the tenon cutters for this or is there a better way to make a square peg fit into a round hole.
Thanks for any help anyone can give. I will definately post the plans for the changing table once I get them finished along with more pictures once pieces get finished.
Greg
62897
So my real question is I am trying to design a baby changing table. I have already gotten some great help from a few fellow creekers and they have given me a great start with overall dimensions and the basic look the LOML is going for. I am planning on laminating two pieces together to make the corner legs so that they will be almost 1.5" square. For the rails (which are 1.5" deep) that go between the legs (which will span approx. 4 feet) should I laminate two pieces together or will one piece be ok. I am including a plan which I have started to work up. I am fairly new to furniture design and I havn't built too much so I am not sure what is reasonable. Maybe the 1.5" should be more like 3"...
62898
This may be too much for one post...but one more question. I am also looking at building a crib from the rockler plan. There are 52 slats to be made. Each end you need to make a round tenon...the plans call for these tenons to be made by hand with sandpaper....I was thinking about buying a lee valley mini-tenon cutter which would make making the tenons much easier. Has anyone used the tenon cutters for this or is there a better way to make a square peg fit into a round hole.
Thanks for any help anyone can give. I will definately post the plans for the changing table once I get them finished along with more pictures once pieces get finished.
Greg