Cherry Baby Cradle

Beautiful piece…especially for working under the gun.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

It looks great. It’s always fun trying something new, just not under a deadline. That reminds me, only a few days until Mother’s Day…

-- Jerry L.

Really nice….something to be proud of.

pierre

Very nice david. Great Job.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Nice finish in spite of the rush. Is picture 3 a Sketchup rendering?
Thanks for posting.

-- John

Thank you all for the kind words.

John – Yes Picture 3 is my sketchup redering.
You can check out my website, http://www.briskibusiness.com/woodworking/inprogress.aspx and you can see the whole progress of the project from start to finish including all my sketchup drawings.

-- David, www.briskibusiness.com

Great sketchups. Where is your business located? Trying to start a small side business of my own especially in summers since I’m a teacher.

David – What a honey of a piece. Beautiful work and terrific craftsmanship. A family heirloom for sure. Thanks for sharing it with us.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

Great job.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

David -

Beautiful piece! I love cherry. Wondeful craftsmanship. It’s great to include the SkechUp rendering.

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

Nice job, and nice sketchup work. I use it too for commissions when a customer really needs to see a rendition first. Keep up the great work.

-- Phil Brown, Ontario

Fantastic workmanship shown David. Cherry is always a winner, but this one is special!

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

Great job with such time constraints. I also appreciate the fact that you posted the sketch.

-- Jesus is Lord!

You ought to be proud of yourself. That is a truly beautiful piece. And congrats on the new family member. Was it a niece or a nephew? I hope that Mom and baby are fine – and the new Dad, too.

-- JWB

David, I had a good look at this yesterday. I was impressed so much that I actually thought about this project in bed last night.

I’m in Canada for the balance of May, but making a cradle for my daughters baby due in August is priority one when I get back to Australia.

I have purchased some plans to give me direction, but prefer your rendition more than what I purchased.

Thanks, lovely work!

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

beautiful you should be proud, and proud of such a great family. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Congratulations on a job well done. My first “furniture” piece was a baby cradle for my grandaughter.

-- Fred Childs, Pasadena, CA - - - Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

Dormer – I am located in Orange county,CA I just work out of my garage. Not so much of a side business as a job here or there mostly for my day jobl, but it buys new tools :)

JWB – it will be a nephew, he isn’t due until July though. It will be the first child in the family for that generation.

Phil – I love using sketchup it helps me a lot designing the project, figuring out all the jointery that I will be using getting parts list made up and cutlist figured for purchasing. I am a visual person and have to see and play with it to figure out what I want to do, so I can tackle the issues as I design it instead of building it.

-- David, www.briskibusiness.com

This is a great project. I’m planning to try something similar for my sister who’s expecting in November. I can’t figure out the best way to join the cradle to the base. What method / hardware did you use?

Ron – I wasn’t sure how to connect it either. What I ended up using was a couple rollerblade bearings, steel rod and some rare earth magnets. In the Cradle side I drilled a hole with a forsner bit the right size for the outer diameter of the bearing. then without moving anything I changed the bit to the size of the rare earth magnet (3/8 or 1/2 i forget which) I then glued the magnet into the hole. On the mating tower I drilled a hole to fit the steel rod (3/8” I think). I did some testing to make sure the rods were long enough so that when assembled you couldn’t pull out the rods without unbolting to towers from the bottom streatcher. I glued the rods in the tower side and the magnet would pull it though the bearing and hold it tight. I also put 2 nylon washers in between to prevent the towers from rubbing on the sides of the cradle. Let me know if you need more information.

-- David, www.briskibusiness.com

I love the baby beds. Many great ways to build a bed for the little critters. I used a copper sleave as a bushing for the rocking unit.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)