| Blog series by Les Hastings | updated 410 days ago | 4 parts | 1373 reads | 21 comments total |
Part 1: Got it started Babe!
This blog is mostly for my Daughter and Son-in-Law they live just outside of Dallas. I’ll be building a changing table and crib for my new grand daughter that’s due in November. I’m just getting started even though it was ordered way back when they first found out. I’ve been working seven days a week trying to keep up with our regular clients. I told all of them that starting in September I had to stop everything and build my new grand baby’s crib. So my Daughter...
Part 2: Beaded openings/ drawer box's
Been a while since the last post on this project ( been working on the crib ). But I decided to bead the opeings on the face frame and finally got that part done. Got all the drawer box’s made finally. I need to cut notches for and drill the holes for the blum motion undermount slides and they will be rady to go into the case. I’ll be making the base this week and getting it on hopefully. And I’ll get started milling the lumber for the drawer fronts and the door...
Part 3: Moldings and Fronts
This weekend I ran all the moldings to finish up the case. The base and tops and the mold under the the tops. I finished up the base first. Its 4 1/2” tall and has mold ran on th the top edge about an inch tall. Here is a close up of the base. The tops are Walnut FC and banded with a 2” wide piece of walnut that has a partial bullnose ran on it. Under the edge of the top is another mold that is 1” tall, its the base mold inverted. Here is a close up. Here is a...
Part 4: Door & Drawer Fronts
I finally got all the fronts put together. The drawer fronts have wider side styles to match the styles and rails on the door. All of the have raised panels except fot the one small drawer front at the top of the tower. Its to small for a raised panel so I just made it a flat panel. The panels have a bead running around them to, to go along with the beaded openings. Here’s a close up of the frame and panel. Here’s a couple full view pictures of the project. Al...
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