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Project by Darrin69 posted 108 days ago 827 views 8 times favorited 23 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Walnut cradle built for some friends, Project took about 3 months working on the weekends, It measures 40×20. The rockers, bottom ring, and top ring were bent lamination. The upper ring was bent on one form and then resawed and reglued to get the 2nd bend.




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Monte Pittman

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#1 posted 108 days ago

Beautiful

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#2 posted 108 days ago

very nice

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#3 posted 108 days ago

If that doesn’t become a family heirloom I don’t know what will.

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#4 posted 108 days ago

Unusual but beautiful and very well crafted. An heirloom piece for sure.

-- Mike, American in Norway

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#5 posted 108 days ago

wow. aesthetically beautiful.. well crafted… lots of skills were employed to create it.

Yes, you created quite an heirloom.

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#6 posted 108 days ago

You’ve created a beautiful cradle. That double bend sounds quite interesting and challenging.

-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario

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#7 posted 108 days ago

outstanding work

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#8 posted 108 days ago

Very nice build, that is very nice, welcome to lumberjacks. Thanks for sharing, Bob

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#9 posted 108 days ago

Nice design. Nice work. You have some very lucky friends!

-- JohnnyB - - Sometimes determination can substitute for skill.

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#10 posted 108 days ago

That really is a beautiful cradle and it looks like it must have been a difficult piece to build. Nice eork.

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#11 posted 108 days ago

That looks incredible! With that project, you’ve shown us how skillful you are.

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Arbuckster

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#12 posted 108 days ago

beautiful piece, thanks for sharing.

-- Arbuckster, Oregon

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#13 posted 108 days ago

Love this! Its going in my collection of cradle ideas.

-- Natalie - My mind is like a bad neighborhood, I don't like to go there alone.

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#14 posted 108 days ago

I really do like this, especially considering we are expecting our third very shortly. Where did you get the plans?

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#15 posted 108 days ago

That’s beautiful. Great work!

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