Crib - American Walnut $3000

This curved arm is made from twelve thin pieces glued together.

This bronze screw fastens into threaded inserts inside the piece.

Here's the crib in action.

I generally prefer to go without nails or screws.  However I incorporated some knock-down hardware so that this crib can come apart.  Most of the joinery is traditional wood-glue joinery, however the four side pieces are attached with threaded inserts.  With plywood, this would compromise the strength of the assembly, but with solid walnut, this crib doesn't budge an millimeter.  The curved arms are bent laminations, meaning that I cut 12 thin strips of walnut, slathered glue between the strips, and clamped them with about 25 clamps to a curved form.  Once the glue dries, the shape is permanent.  The piece was finished with a coat of boiled linseed oil and two coats of amber shellac.  

Coffee Table - Hard Maple (Stained) $400

I made this for a customer wanting the specific dimensions, 36 inches long by 17.5 inches wide.  She also wanted slats for a bottom shelf.  Matching the stain to her other furniture proved to be most difficult.  Next time I'll do the construction and leave color matching to a finishing expert.

Cradle for Niece - Hard Maple and White Oak $1200

About 30 hours of work went into to this pendulum style cradle. I stayed pretty traditional by using woodworking joints only: dowel joints, dadoed grooves, and biscuit joinery. No nails or screws in the whole thing. These pictures do not show the final product since I eventually finished it with shellac and carnuba wax.

Two 3/4 inch dowels of oak hold this maple rail into the maple side board.

You're looking at an oak tusk tennon, which is hammered-in and can be removed as well. Tusk tennons are very strong, yet allow for assembly/disassembly. They're also decorative. It's only half way in for this photo, and put in backwards too.  Oops.  good thing I can pull it out and reverse it.