| Project by Deckerpair | posted 283 days ago | 3221 views | 28 times favorited | 23 comments |  |
 |
Last year one of my daughters decided to have another child.
This gave me the excuse to build a Baby Tender cradle. (designed by Jordan Wood Boats) The boat builders of Norway would build these for their children and the tradition says they would use the wood from an old family boat somewhere in the build. These are great fun to build and gave me a chance to hone my skills in the area of clinker or lapstrake style building with traditional copper nail and rove rivits. My granddaughters name is Quinn so we named the boat the Mighty Quinn.
-- The fair wind blows just as well whether the sailor sleeps or is awake. Keith, Highlands Texas, http://www.deckerpair.com
| Pin It |
23 comments so far
GnarlyErik
home | projects | blog
121 posts in 304 days
#1 posted 283 days ago
You did a very lovely job on this. I can tell you spent many loving hours on this very authentic project. Your grandaughter is one very lucky little girl to have you as her grandfather!
-- ''Woodworking has always been the best therapy for me!''
wiser1934
home | projects | blog
253 posts in 1317 days
#2 posted 283 days ago
that is a super great cradle. great detail. lucky grandchild!!
-- wiser1934, new york
Dave
home | projects | blog
9188 posts in 1010 days
#3 posted 283 days ago
WOW that is amazing. Bravo! The love you put in that shows.
-- Superdav "No matter where you go - there you are." http://chiselandforge.com
dust4tears
home | projects | blog
343 posts in 318 days
#4 posted 283 days ago
That is awesome~~~~ I am saving this as a future reference…..
-- Ride hard or go home~
mmh
home | projects | blog
3036 posts in 1892 days
#5 posted 283 days ago
What a wonderful piece!
-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe
sras
home | projects | blog
3247 posts in 1299 days
#6 posted 283 days ago
Well built and well named! A very impressive cradle.
-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive
MonteCristo
home | projects | blog
2061 posts in 358 days
#7 posted 283 days ago
Super nice cradle !
-- Dwight - "Free legal advice available - contact Dewey, Cheetam & Howe""
HalDougherty
home | projects | blog
1820 posts in 1407 days
#8 posted 283 days ago
That’s one of the most impressive baby cradles I’ve seen. Great job.
-- Hal, Tennessee http://www.first285.com
shipwright
home | projects | blog
3392 posts in 968 days
#9 posted 283 days ago
Nice work.
Lapstrake is not the easiest and you’ve done it well.
I have copper nails and roves in my cupboard in the shop but haven’t used them in years.
Nice build, glad to have you aboard.
-- Paul M ..............If God wanted us to have fiberglass boats he would have given us fiberglass trees. http://prmdesigns.com/
oleCB
home | projects | blog
75 posts in 851 days
#10 posted 282 days ago
Very, VERY Nice!
-- There was only one perfect carpenter... It wasn't me!
padric
home | projects | blog
30 posts in 401 days
#11 posted 282 days ago
This is true heirloom. How long did it take to build? If I built one, and got started at the moment of conception, my grandaughter would be in grad school before I finished.
-- warningsconsul@gmail.com
hunter71
home | projects | blog
1266 posts in 1356 days
#12 posted 282 days ago
An heirloom that will pass many generations. Congratulations
-- A childs smile is payment enough.
Dale
home | projects | blog
328 posts in 1350 days
#13 posted 282 days ago
Now you’ve done it. For the past several years my attention has been on MaLoof style rockers, which I finally achieved. After seeing the great job you did on ths cradle, I am hooked :) Hope mine turns out half as nice as yours. Thank you for posting. Always loved boats since my days in the Coast Guard a long time ago.
-- Dale West Central Pa. Do it all, before last call.
david38
home | projects | blog
538 posts in 513 days
#14 posted 282 days ago
very nice
Moron
home | projects | blog
4436 posts in 2063 days
#15 posted 282 days ago
Stunning. never seen one done like this.
Is it legal to have the cradle hung from ropes ?……just curious
Kind Regards
-- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal”…..Picasso
View all comments »
showing 1 through 15 of 23 comments
Have your say...