Walnut Baby Cradle

Hi Dock. this is beeeutifulll.!!! So Im guessing you have a future use for the crib? Expecting a visit from a great white bird?

-- bryano

Dock! Just great! A terrific project!

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

Good looking project Dock. I am equally impressed with your shop – everything looks so neat and roomy.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Wife and I certainly have no immediate plans for use and neither of my sons are even married (not that it’s a prerequisit) It’s just that it sometimes takes years to finish things I start, this was just one of those rare exceptions. Thanx for the compliments.

-- DocK, WV

Boy, you’ve got the no prerequisite part right. My Grand-parenthood attests to that.
That is a splendid looking crib, glad you had recourse to the duplicator. That is a powerful lot of spindles to generate, let alone make ones that bear any similarity to one another. Beautiful finish too. Tung Oil probably is drool proof.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Dock, great work. When I looked at the spindle work, I said to myself that this guy has the patience of Job – turns [pun intended] out not to be the case and I don’t blame you either.

Very nice result.

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

Dock, the project is wonderful, and your shop is also. I have shop envy now. Who is the crib for?

-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com

Very nice crib. The finish is great…

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Dock:

I was actually looking for cradles on the internet when I came across the cradle you made. It is absolutely beautiful! I’ve got plans for one that was published in WoodSmith several years ago. Yours, however, looks much more elegant. I think it’s the spindles on the ends rather than the flat pieces.

I’m a fairly new woodworker & don’t feel confident enough to really alter plans yet. Did you simply improvise existing plans, make this up as you went or were there a set of plans you went by. I just had my first grandchild & will soon have another. I’ld like to make one of these before the next grandchild arrives. Any insight you can provide would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Rick

-- Rick in New Braunfels, TX

Mighty impressive. The finish is beautiful.