Entryway bench
Mark Bronkalla Teal has wanted a bench by the front door to use when putting on shoes. This would be better than sitting on the stairs. Last time we were at Kettle…
Woodworking
Isla in her crib
So now the project is complete. The crib is delivered and Isla seems to enjoy it. However at 3 weeks old, she still seems almost lost in it.
Crib – Mattress frame
The mattress needs to be height adjustable. With this design there are 3 heights available. High, low and floor. The frame is made of 3/4×3/4 ” 14 gauge steel tubing.…
Crib – Finishing and Assembly
Finish, then Assemble design This design is based on the technique of: finish, then assemble. This will sound backwards to most people, but is a very logical and efficient way…
Crib – End rails and slats
Slat Fitting The curved end rails made for some interesting routing for the mortises. The slats were inserted into the bottom rail mortises and aligned behind each of the mortises.…
Crib – Planing and Plasma
Completing the rails Today’s tasks included completing the front and back top rails and making the bottom plates that fasten the ends to the front and back . The top…
Crib – Headboard
What will become the headboard of the bed is the tall / wall side of the crib. This week we have sanded all of the legs and rails and spindles.…
Crib – Rails and slats
Rails and Slats Today we were mortising the crib side rails and slats. The lower rail mortises were done on the CNC router. Overall, there are 50 mortises to cut…
Crib – Construction Start
Return to the shop The last few weeks were taken up with vacation and conferences. So there has been no progress on the crib. Teal and I had brought in…
Crib design – final
Completed renderings Today was Jessie’s baby shower. So I had a lot of opportunities to show off the design and gain some consensus on undecided points by 3 generations of…