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