Saturday, January 8, 2011

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.

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