Crib – End rails and slats
Mark Bronkalla 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…
Baby crib design start
Now that we have a starting point for the design, it is time to start gathering dimensions from the photos. Traditionally, I have done this by printing photos at half…
Baby Crib Project
Baby Crib Project My daughters, Jessie and Elyse, are both due at the end of March 2018. Jessie still needs a crib. So the question of: “What is the next…
Finishing Touches on the Dresser Project
Completion and Finishing Touches Final Drawer Alignment The drawers are inset by 1/8″. This is done by having them held in place with squares as shown or a wooden jig.…
Beef Stew (a.k.a. Beef Bourguignon)
Beef stew One of our favorite mid-winter dinners is a hearty beef stew accompanied by fresh baked bread. The bread of choice today is a Sourdough Baguette but almost anything…