Baby Cradle In Progress

**Stubchain** · 27th April 2005, 06:27 PM

Though I would post some cradle updates in the correct place this time. I think the hard part is now behind me. All I have to do now is make the legs. My daughter does not want a rocking cradle so it should be fairly straight forward. Might just make a nice frame type stand or something like it.

For those who have not seen it before, it's made from blackheart sassafras, I selected some wood without too much black in it.

**MajorPanic** · 27th April 2005, 07:54 PM

Hey Stubchain,

So far, it looks the goods
Black Sass is a dream to work with, isn't it?
Just be careful with the finish you use as the nippers tend to chew on the top rails. :eek:

**buzsaw** · 28th April 2005, 12:56 AM

Looks good,

What finish are you planning on using? As Major Panick says, the top rail will be chewed on for sure. When my little fella was in one of these he bloody near chewed through the top rail

...bless is little heart.

Cheers Buz.

**DPB** · 28th April 2005, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by buzsaw

Looks good,

What finish are you planning on using? As Major Panick says, the top rail will be chewed on for sure. When my little fella was in one of these he bloody near chewed through the top rail

...bless is little heart.

Cheers Buz.

Buzzer, perhaps you kept him in the cradle too long. I think by the time the baby is old enough to pull himself up to reach the rail, he will have outgrown this bed.

Nice work, Stubby.

**Stubchain** · 28th April 2005, 04:08 PM

Thanks DPB,

You are right of course, it is a baby cradle, by the time he/she can pull themselves up they would be well into a baby cot.

I'm going to finish the cradle with wipe on Minwax.

Next step is to design the legs. Got the wood, it was planed to a basis size, trouble is it is twisted so got a bit to do to straighten it up, even more so given I do not have a jointer or thicknesser. Back to my router planing jig again.

**martrix** · 28th April 2005, 04:19 PM

Very nice job Stubchain. Look's like a lot of work, especially seeing you dont have a thickensser or a buzzer. I thought Blackheart Sassafras was supposed to have a fair amount of black/brown streaking which is actually a disease, otherwise it is just Sassafras? Might be wrong and I also might not be able to see it. Thoughts any one?

cheers Tim

**Stubchain** · 28th April 2005, 04:34 PM

I purposely picked out some pieces without too muck black in it. This was to try to match some of my daughters existing furniture.

**RufflyRustic** · 29th April 2005, 09:42 AM

Hey StubChain,

Great work! am really enjoying seeing the progress pictures.

Cheers
RufflyRustic

**The Hornet** · 29th April 2005, 04:36 PM

I thought of making one of these for my best mate, but i don't have many tools (circ saw, cordless, hand planes, chisels, and a cpl sanders, router), i imagine you have used, a ped drill and table saw?
Anyway it is a great job, and i absoloutely love the sasafras. Can i ask how much you paid for the sas?

**Stubchain** · 1st May 2005, 08:29 PM

I used a table saw and a dedicated mortise machine mostly, plus a busicuit joiner. The wood cost $115, that includes the stuff for the stand that I am making right now.

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