Crib -N- Beyond

Well by my Wife’s reviews, (Beth’s First Project) I should retire from the shop and go to cooking school. Not! This project is a redesign of my earlier posted Full Life Bed. Nothing worst than building a Crib using it for a year or two and than storing it, as I did with my kids. This bed was my answer to that problem. My Daughter is having my first Grand Son. She helped me redesign this crib, She did the staining and I Clear coated it. The crib has many options to a full life of use. In crib form the trunk, and bench are key elements in the base structure. All the parts use bed rail parts to interlock, there are eight bolts that secure the parts together. The bed rails fold to store in the trunk when in crib form. the day bed option just remove two bolts and unclip the front rail. The front rail was designed to fold down, with slide bolt locks that are recieved in the top sides, they are spring loaded with finger pulls and slide and lock in brass sleeves. The trunk and bench bolt together with four brass Allen bolts to form the base. Unbolt the bench and trunk remove the sides, interlock the sides together reuse the four bolts in pre-drilled holes in sides, put the bench and trunck together and it’s a caption style youth bed (not pictured). The twin size bed can now be used, the trunk fit nicely at the inside foot of the foot board (front crib rail). the trunk can be a toy chest, blanket chest, or what ever with two drawers that are useable throu out the style of use. So you have it, a crib for birth, youth, college and back no storage needed.

-- Marty Ohio