Infant Changing Table #3

Looks great. I can just imagine the happy baby laying in it. By the way.. nice tight joints.

-- I love the smell of sawdust in the morning....

excellent!
Nice to hear that you like the Dowelmax as well

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I agree on the M&T Don. I just bought the Beadlock loose tenoning jig & used it on some plantation shutters, beats the traditional method on time & effort. Nice job on the changing table.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

I agree with both you and Grumpy about M&T joinery. It is a skill that I think should be learned but it is time consuming. By the way the changing table is a very nice project and looks very well built. I am sure that it was a joy to give and the recipients appreciated the effort and skill that went into it.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Good ‘un, Don. Good to hear from you again. I too think the Dowel Max might be the best answer for a lot of projects. I tried Bead Lock but didn’t like the result. Maybe I just need to try it again.

-- Thos. Angle

Don;

It’s very nice, but where’s the box?

I haven’t used the dowel max, but keep hearing good things about it. Glad you finally got to test it out.

Nice job, as usual.

Lee

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I have a doweling jig (not a Dowelmax) and I love the ease of using dowels whenever possible.

Don, what I like about this changing table is that, unlike a lot of others I’ve seen, you’ve constructed it to keep the baby from rolling off if you turn your back for a second.

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

Don,

Did you/are you going to put a finish on it? If so, what? A friend of mine is an expecting father and making his own changing table/low chest of drawers – he said he first bought the changing pad because they come in standard sizes. Did you go off of dimensions they gave you? Or is that a standard size you use for a retail changing pad?

BTW… that brick patio looks fab! Looks like you could play a mean game of bocce ball on that lawn, too!

-- Ethan, http://greystonegreen.blogspot.com/

Very nice use of dowels, Don,
When the baby outgrows it, it looks like it would make a great gardening stand.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Great Don. I’m glad you got to use your Dowel-Max. I remember you saying you bought it when visiting your daughter.

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Hey, it’s great to be back. Your kind words remind me why I like this site so much.

Quote Red Headed Merganser: Did you/are you going to put a finish on it? If so, what?

As noted above, I’ve coated the Pine with Shellac sanding sealer because the family member intends to paint it white. Because Pine and the MDF panels soak up paint like a sponge, the sealer will enable them to finish it more easily.

Quote Red Headed Merganser: Did you go off of dimensions they gave you?

Thanks for this question, Ethan. The size of the bed was dimensioned to fit a readily available changing table pad. The one I first posted here shows the pad.

Great suggestion, Garry. My wife is actually asking me to make one for her. At our age, a request for an infant changing table gave me heart failure until she explained. LOL

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Oof. Sorry, Don, I must have “skimmed” and not “read”. Not used to people putting so much info into their project description! ;)

-- Ethan, http://greystonegreen.blogspot.com/