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My newest project a baby cradle.  My sister is having a baby shower in 2 weeks so I decide this would be a great time to make a cradle for her. (Yeah you really should allow a lot more time)  I am making this cradle out of Cherry. Baised loosly of a fellow woodworkers cradle.
Here is the overview of of the cradle Exploded view Sides with slats  I came up with 1 1/2" wide slats with 1 1/2" wide spaces between the slats and 3/4" space on the ends.
All the Jointery is going to be Mortise and Tennon The bottom will be 1/4" birch plywood 36"x18" to fit a standard cradle pad.
End layouts Joints in the Ends for the sides to join.
View of the Towers View of the feet.  The mortise won't actually go all the way through but its shown for reference on location. Bottom stretcher
Tennons on stretchers
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06/04/2007Finished Bookcase Pictures added
04/30/2007Finished Cradle Page added for Baby Cradle
04/30/2007Page 6 updated for Baby Cradle
04/30/2007Comment section added
04/29/2007Cherry Baby Cradle Finished!
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07/14/2007DavidWhat I ended up using was a couple rollerblade bearings, steel rod and some rare earth magnets. In the Cradle side I drilled a hole with a forsner bit the right size for the outer diameter of the bearing. then without moving anything I changed the bit to the size of the rare earth magnet (3/8 or 1/2 i forget which) I then glued the magnet into the hole. On the mating tower I drilled a hole to fit the steel rod (3/8” I think). I did some testing to make sure the rods were long enough so that when assembled you couldn’t pull out the rods without unbolting to towers from the bottom streatcher. I glued the rods in the tower side and the magnet would pull it though the bearing and hold it tight. I also put 2 nylon washers in between to prevent the towers from rubbing on the sides of the cradle.
07/14/2007RonI'm going to attempt a similar cradle for my sister, how do you join the cradle to the base for the pivots?
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Last Updated 4/30/07