September 30, 20178 yr Popular Post Well, I am one week into a cradle build for a customer. He bought a cradle about 25 years ago and wanted it replicated. Thanks to the guys that noticed in the photos that the spindles in the original cradle were too far apart and didn't meet federal standards. After I took this photo, I added trim strips in the stile grooves. Hopefully, tomorrow I can finish sand this thing and get it glued together. As a point of discussion, the bottom is 1/2" walnut and I cut a dado in the end panels. Under the bottom I'll add a cleat all around the underneath side of the bottom. My OCD side kicked in and I added dowels to each rail on the sides for strength.
September 30, 20178 yr Author 5 minutes ago, lew said: That IS nice! Did you turn the spindles yourself?? No. I bought them from a company in Canada. I bought them cheaper than I could turn them and they came sanded. Winner, winner chicken dinner!
September 30, 20178 yr Beautiful Ron. The panels and spindle selection speak craftsmanship and elegance.
September 30, 20178 yr that is beautiful Ron, won't be long til there are little teeth marks in those rails. Herb
September 30, 20178 yr Oh my!!!!!!! My goodness Ron that is absolutely beautiful! Craftsmanship and life long quality is just coming out of that work like no body's business. I am taken back actually, it's beautiful Ron!
September 30, 20178 yr That looks superb Ron. What type of finish will you use? Final pics after the finish is applied are mandatory! Cal
September 30, 20178 yr Author 1 hour ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said: Well done! Will that have rockers on the bottom? No Fred, it will be a suspend cradle from a frame.
September 30, 20178 yr Author 45 minutes ago, clhyer said: That looks superb Ron. What type of finish will you use? Final pics after the finish is applied are mandatory! Cal The finish is a bit of a sticking point right now Cal. The customer wants be to spray poly because of the "durability" factor. I would prefer to spray it with Seal Coat and then spray a few coats of General Finish Endurovar. That's a discussion for later next week.
September 30, 20178 yr 8 minutes ago, Ron Dudelston said: The finish is a bit of a sticking point right now Cal. The customer wants be to spray poly because of the "durability" factor. I would prefer to spray it with Seal Coat and then spray a few coats of General Finish Endurovar. That's a discussion for later next week. Would you use the water based or the High Performance?
September 30, 20178 yr Author 6 minutes ago, Gene Howe said: Would you use the water based or the High Performance? Probably the water based. John Moody uses it and loves it. Like any water based finish you'd have to raise the grain and sand it back. That it my morning project today.
September 30, 20178 yr 18 minutes ago, Ron Dudelston said: Like any water based finish you'd have to raise the grain and sand it back. Beautiful work. Sanding 36 spindles should be fun. I'm a turner and thought "I hope he bought those" when I saw them. Definitely a job for at least a duplicator.
September 30, 20178 yr Great piece of work . I do not envy you on the glue up much less the finish on all those spindles, might want to prefinish them as that will be a hard spray
October 2, 20178 yr Ron-----Use Zinsser sealcoat prior to finishing with waterbased finish. Very to no touch sanding required. The best kept finishing secret that I know of is that that sealcoat will seal over any previous material and any finish can be applied over it . Also I find that sealcoat will pop the grain---especially on walnut.
October 2, 20178 yr On 9/30/2017 at 7:21 AM, Ron Dudelston said: The finish is a bit of a sticking point right now Cal. The customer wants be to spray poly because of the "durability" factor. I would prefer to spray it with Seal Coat and then spray a few coats of General Finish Endurovar. That's a discussion for later next week. Beware that the finish has to be consumable once cure. I would use Shellac. The issue is when the child starts teething.
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