Looking real good, Westley.
I really like your string method for laying out the curve. I suspect you taught a lot of old dogs a new trick with that one.
Good luck on the job prospects, too. Pretty lousy time of year to be laid off, but it's kind of the nature of the carpentry business, huh?
Yep I have showed 2 guys that I work with that ellipse trick
They thought it was pretty cool. Thanks for your thoughts, Vaughn. You're right it can be the nature of carpentry to get slow around winter, but there have also been years where it's been non stop. But for sure isn't like that this year. There are only 2 carpenters working at my company right now, not even getting 40hrs in, and they've been there for about 15 years! They did tell me I'd be the first to get called back, so that is great to hear, but who knows when that will be
No companies are hiring around here either, it's getting pretty slow. Hopefully picks up soon.
westley, are you going to paint this crib when its done?(Looking great so far)
Yes, sir it's painted! Because of this, I got to use Poplar which was a little cheaper. If it were getting stained, I was thinking about Alder. But it's all painted now, no turning back
question not asked yet???? is this crib for your new youngun? or another couples?
Sorry for not pointing this out Larry, I mentioned this in a different thread. But it is NOT for me
It is for my girlfriend's sister and her husband
They had NO idea they were getting it as a gift so it was awesome. She is due in early February with their firstborn.
Well, here are the pics. I would have posted them sooner but as you can imagine it was very busy around here upto the holiday. I spent most of my time working on this crib and doing some other shopping. Plus there was a stretch of about 4 days our internet was down so I didn't get to sign on here
But I lived and now I'm back to post the pics
I built all of this in an area in our basement, which is a bit crowded and shared with other objects such as a piano, my keyboards, and this big thing...
...and behind door number one...
My dad's jukebox! He would have killed me if this thing wasn't covered up!
Anyway, here's a pic of my "cross sled" (don't have one). Had to take the miter guide, clamp the long pieces to it, and give it some lovin to make it work
Here is a pic of the back section glued and clamped up
Here it is again with all the trim attached
Here are the 2 jigs I had to make to router in the mortises for the bed rail clips
Next a pic where I had to take an 1/8" chisel and cut in some slots on the front rail section to accept the clips that allow the front to slide up and down on the rails
Next a pic of a door buck I built in school. Use it to hold up doors at work to router in the hinge mortises and what not, but it worked great to hold up the sections so I could sand them
Just a few more pics to add to a new page since I've hit the limit...