Hello all,
It's been a while since I posted- I've got a new son! All the fathers (and mothers) out there know what the first couple months are like...
Anyway, I finished these pieces back in November, about a month before my son was born, but haven't had the chance to post until now. So without further ado...
I built a crib, changing table, two (matching) bookcases, and a toybox/bench for the nursery. The crib and changing table are solid cherry, the bench/box is a cherry-veneer ply box with solid cherry ends, base, and trim, and the bookcases are cherry-veneer ply with iron-on cherry edgebanding and solid cherry base and trim.
The crib is a reprise of my previous design efforts for our bed; my wife loved the tiger-maple sunburst design. The crib benefits from drastically improved veneer technique (zero blisters to fix on this piece), and I'm very pleased with the result.
All pieces are finished with 100% tung oil (from Woodcraft), which I chose for the baby's room because it is non-toxic and does not off-gas volatile chemicals over time. Plus, it just plain looks great on cherry. Number of coats varies by piece and location- the changing table top has about seven coats, buffed to semi-gloss; most parts have four coats, simply rubbed with steel wool to a matte finish.
Crib is constructed using floating tennon joinery throughout, and veneers were applied one piece at a time using hide glue and elbow grease. The front side is attached using the “stealth kit” hardware from productsamerica.com. It provides 6” of vertical travel, glides smoothly, was (even for a lawyer!) easy to install, and is invisible; I’m very pleased with the hardware. The (hidden) brace and back side are attached to the head and foot boards using hex-key bolts and barrel nuts from Rockler, so the whole thing can be taken apart for storage/transportation if needed.
Bookcases, changing table, and bench/box were constructed using the Kreg K3 Master system (screws capped with cherry plugs sanded flat), which I purchased specifically for this project to help make sure I finished before baby was born!
Pics:
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Crib sides dry fit (homebuilt router-mortising jig visible on bench)
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Finish sanding after glue-up (assembled but unfinished bookcase visible in foreground) (unidentified galootish looking character in his natural habitat, rarely captured on film ;-) )
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Ends with trim in glue-up
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Originally Posted by Mike Spanbauer
