cherry crib

That is one great looking crib!!!

Your project recaps remind me of a seminar on finishing at The Woodworking show last year. The instructor opened his talk by saying, “all of you are not as good as you think you are…” I thought, wow this is going to be interesting…He then went on to say, “You’re better!” He continued, I never met a woodworker who after completing a project and showing it to friends and family for the first time didn’t point out every mistake he made, of which none of those mistakes would be noticed by anyone but the craftsman himself. I laughed b/c I had done this myself many times and since that seminar I have stopped myself from doing that a few times already, so Tomas- you do fantastic work…Best of luck with the new arrival!

Mike

From here it looks great! Congrats on the young ‘un…

btw, you’ve got a couple of years before the rocking horse, time to get started! :)

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A very well done crib. And, while she may not notice the quality while she’s using it, she’ll know how special it is as she gets older.

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That is a fine crib indeed.

-- You're a unique and special person, just like everyone else.

Gorgeous crib that will be cherished for many generations. Thank you for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

that is one beautiful crib. i love the look of that cherry. cherry is such a beautiful wood! thanks for the post

That is one great crib. Really professional-quality workmanship!

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

Hi Tomas;

This is a beautiful project. We all make mistakes – a – plenty. Generally, we’re the only ones to notice them.

Maybe I’ll make the the title of one of my pieces.

Congratulations on the new baby! (a little early).

Lee

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Congrats on the baby first of all. Secondly like Lee said we all and I mean the best of us make mistakes. What makes a great carpenter is being able to hide his mistakes. You have done that very well. Great project.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Really great crib. Cherry was an excelent choice of wood.
This is definitely a family heirloom.

-- ''Carry on my wayward son''

Great looking crib. You did a beautiful job on it. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Tomas, I love the design and the cherry. You did a great job. Thanks for posting it.

-- Martin, Kansas

I love that great crib. Really professional-quality workmanship!

-- Kip Northern Illinois ( If you don't know where your goin any road will take you there) George Harrison

Thanks for all the comments – I feel inspired to continue on – as soon as it cools down. I do need to expand on my finishing skills. The finish is a light coat of boiled linseed oil (three parts mineral spirits to one part BLO) and then several coats of 1 or 2 lb cut of garnett shellac. That is it – I know some people follow up with a varnish or something else but I never got that far in my experimentation. I definitely need to work on finishing. Thanks again, Tomas.

I’m getting ready to cut the same slats on the same project with the same technique- What would you do differently?

Outstanding crib.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Chazmania – if I had to cut the slats again I would change my stop block to the other side of the crosscut miter bar so that the stop block is on my left side and my slat is resting against it as I take it to the cut. When I had the stop block attached to the rip fence in front of the blade, once it left the stop block there was nothing to hold it in the same postion except my force against the slat against the miter bar and just a slight shift and the shoulders are uneven. If you had a stop block on the miter bar there is that ability to keep it registered and in place all the way through the cut. The best advice I would have is if I had to do it over again I would watch more videos/look at articles on tenon cutting and go from there. The other piece of advice is to cut tenons on one slat, fit the piece and make sure you are happy with the results before cutting the other 35 or so slats. Good luck. Thanks, Jim. – Tomas.

Thanks for the tips! I’ll share my variation on the project once it’s done.