Thread: Quicky causes Cradle

Hi FP, thanks for the nice words. Here is a paragraph that cought my eye in Alan Peters book A Profesional Approach, I have it on my web site with a couple of others. It isn't easy and I have to give Tack Hama some credit here because I am leaning on her a little here.

Alan Peters - Cabinetmaking a professional approach
"I have purposely not painted a rosey picture of furniture making as a living, as opposed to a very pleasant pastime, for it is not for the faint hearted, and the following is only a guide to the complexities of such a career. At the end of the day, you must realise that no-one owes you a living; you will have to create it for yourself by your own efforts and by the quality of the work you produce.

The thing is, its a visious circle to get the quality you need time but you have to turn your work out quickly to make a living, bugg a.

I love trying new things, I see things and think "I can do that" so off I go, another tangent.

Another quote from Wharton Eshrick , "If it's not fun its not worth doing"

FLETTY turn that bluudy Claw cam off and let me have my coffee in peace

Originally Posted by fletty

I love it CH and, more importantly, it seems the customer does too. Isn't it funny how a brass plaque seems to add 'credibility' to a piece ... seems to apply to some doctors too!
back to the red mahogany thingie .... come on ... put that coffee down....... no ANZACS til you finish.....
fletty

Say's he who has bottle of Red by his side.

CH really looks professional with the plate now its all done

I do how ever have a question on safety which just came to mind.

The ends. Being for a baby they often put arms above heads, if it is in swing mode the chance of hands or arms through the bars could cause injury, they do look far enough apart.

Would a higher end base be a better option still use dowels though.??

Hi Wheelin, Australian standards sets out the distances, the gap between the bars is between 12-25mm in this case pretty much 12mm with a slight splay out as it goes up. THe distance from the cradle to the frame also has to be between 12 -25 mm so I made this almost 25. In theory they should only be able to get fingers out, the bars are 10mm plus the 25 means they have 35mm before they get to the frame and even then there is room (25mm) so there shouldn't be any shear effect.

Red hmm, maybe just one, bit of a dull day. Not while using the band saw.

TY CH they do look wider than that at the bottom was just interested

Thats ok valid questions that I looked at and paid $140 for two Aust Standards to make sure. There is actualy another 5mm in there also, the timber on the cradle is 22 the bars are 10 and set in the centre so there is another 5 to the edge plus the 25 for the spacer so 40mm to the frame.

Thats come up really beautiful CH well done.

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

20 lasts me about a year.

20 would last me about 10 years