Baby Crib for my first Grandchild

Having made a crib for my grandson, I can tell you it was one of my proudest moments. It makes being a grandparent even more special. Nice work and congratulations.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

Mighty fine job and congratulations almost grandpa.

-- Dudley Young USN Ret.

very well done Owen. what a joy to make something special for your grandchild.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Very nice crib. I just had my second grandson born. I’m very proud. I wish I had the skill to build something like this. It’s beautiful.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Very nice work, congratulations.

As I plan to build a crib in the near future, I would be happy if you could elaborate a bit about two items I’m indecisive about.
1. How did you join the fence vertical posts to the horizontals. Are these regular tenon and mortise joints? If yes, it is probably a lot of work to make so many of them.

2. How did you apply the finish, as the fences were already glued up or before gluing? As the posts are built quite dense, is there no problem to reach all the parts?

Syeret,

The top and bottom rails of the gates have a dado groove cut in them. Spacers are inserted and glued in the groove, one between each of the horizontal slats. The Woodsmith Store has a complete plan and hardware kit that I used.

I applied dye to all of the wood prior to assembly. Once the dye was dry I did a final sanding to help “pop” the grain in the tiger maple. After everything was glued together I then applied two coats of a tung oil/boiled linseed oil 50/50 mix. I let the oil dry for four days and then sprayed on high gloss oil based polyurethane.

-- Owen Johnson - aka IowaWoodcrafter

Thanks for the detailed description.

The results are beautiful!