Attached is my first woodworking project. My daughter surprised me with a request to build a crib for the child she and her husband were expecting. She gave me just short of four months to complete it. Since I had just purchased a couple of used pieces of woodworking equipment (table saw and planer), I could hardly say no without my wife questioning my purchases. Ten months later, I finally delivered the crib.
Bed 1.jpg Bed 2.jpg Bed 3.jpg
The bed is the 3-in-1 design from Wood Magazine. I chose white oak instead of the recommended material which was maple, because part of the table saw/planer deal included a large amount of rough sawn white oak lumber.
Although the project was far beyond my skill, I'm glad I had something challenging as my first project. The mistakes I made are too numerous to list, but I'm pretty satisfied with how the work-arounds and corrections worked out. Thanks to the members of SawmillCreek for the knowledge you make available to us who are new to this hobby.
I have one post project question. I applied four coats of polyurethane and finished sanding the finish with 2000 grit sandpaper. I dry-sanded, but someone suggested that I could have wet-sanded the finish as well. I wouldn't have thought so since this was wood, but it was pointed out that the polyurethane would have prevented any moisture from getting into the wood. Any opinions on this?
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Originally Posted by David Masters
