Cradle
I let someone else select this project for me. As a wedding gift for my brother and his new bride,
I said I'd make any piece of furniture they'd like for their new home. They thought about it for a
long time, but finally settled on on a cradle. I managed to locate several different cradle plans
on the web and in the various woodworking books that I have; no doubt this is a popular poject!
What they settled on was the pendulum style cradle plan from Better Homes and Gardens' Furniture
Projects.
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Cradle
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The cradle is constructed entirely of Hard Maple, except for the Walnut dowels, pin and knob. I
jointed all of the boards then cut biscuit slots for the glue-up with my new
Porter-Cable 557 plate joiner. Wow, that sure made the
job fast and easy!
I kept reasonably accurate notes this time regarding how much time I actually spent working on
the project. According to my notes I began on July 19, worked on the cradle exactly 14 days,
spent 1 to 5 hours per work day on the cradle for a total of 43.5 hours, and completed the
cradle on the morning of September 18.
This page was last updated February 5, 2002
