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Monday?

Who approved that? 

3 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

Monday?

Who approved that? 

You did! By sticking the Friday topic in there, you set us up for Monday!

14 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

Monday?

Who approved that? 

Certainly not Newman.

Monday?    MONDAY?   About says it all....

Almost done mowing. Should finish just ahead of Uncle Beryl arriving and bringing his rowdy family with him.

 

Tox-a-Way day was a logistical nightmare. They weren't following the own posted process. Spent an hour+ in line.

 

Made some progress on the parole officers projects. Used the router table for the first time in over 3 years. A little scary. No big project; just eased the edges on a base to mount her chinesium bird house.

 

With Uncle Beryl's arrival, outdoor projects will be nixed. Maybe I can get some fun stuff done.

 

PSA #3; You can't buy happiness, but you can buy donuts which really is the same thing.

Cleaned a little in the shop. Appointments for relatives this week. Maybe a little rain  later from the remnants of Beryl. We are at about 50% under what we should have at this point in the growing season. Corn is really stressed.

Picked up a couple of flatwork projects over the weekend. A grandson is moving into a new apartment...his first without a room mate. So he bought some furniture and asked me to make him a coffee table and end table. Picked out a mission looking coffee table and I'll try to make an end table that more-or-less matches it. The one of the granddaughters and her boyfriend are expecting a baby. Her boyfriend asked me to coach him through building a bassinet (this isn't really something I want to do). Anyway, I have the wood as well as the Woodsmith thumb drives with all the issues, and I can't find a single plan  for a bassinet. Finding one that in a magazine article would make this a much easier process since I could just walk him through the steps in the article, but so far no luck. If anyone has an idea of where one exists I could use the lead. Anyway, plan B will be to try and talk him into a different piece of furniture like a dresser/changing table/something.

5 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Finding one that in a magazine article would make this a much easier process since I could just walk him through the steps in the article, but so far no luck.

He Fred, how about a classic piece, you could jazz it up with some curly maple, or just good ol fashioned pine will do too. If you can talk the kids into this style, they are actually more useful than a bassinet on a stand. These can be on the floor, as they are watching tv, and rocking the cradle with a foot on one rocker. Or?

Here's a Colonial cradle, not what you are looking for but hey, it's free!

 

24 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

If anyone has an idea of where one exists I could use the lead

IIRC, @Ron Dudelstonbuilt a couple of these? Hopefully he can provide some direction.

Is a bassinet and a cradle the same thing?

 

I have the plans for this 

 

 

 

Good practice turning spindles 

 

I can send you the plans if you want them. It's Woodsmith issue 48. It is designed to be broken down and can be stored "flat"

By their (my granddaughter and BF) they are not the same. They define a cradle as one of the low swinging types like in John's pic...and maybe yours as well. Yours is taller, and apparently their definition of a bassinet is something that stands waist high and doesn't necessarily swing. Almost a small baby crib. Something like below...only a whole lot nicer than this piece of crap. BTW, I did find lots of plans for cradles. Lew, I'm trying to walk this fellow throuigh this...I couldn't turn all those spindles myself and get them to look alike, I sure wouldn't be able to teach him. But your whatever-you-want-to-call-it really turned out nice! I do have that issue of Woodsmith on my thumb drive...if they go for that maybe I make it with square or rounded over spindles.

Edited July 8, 20242 yr by Fred W. Hargis Jr

@Fred W. Hargis Jr, take that Antique Cradle plan I linked ya too, build it without the rockers, and put a waist high stand on it.

 

By they way, we purchased a Bassinet for our first child too, used it a couple times and that was it. If we put our baby down for a nap, she just went into the regular crib. The Bassinet was kind of a waste of money. We never used it for our two children to follow either.

I made this from NYW plans if you want them

1 minute ago, Gerald said:

I made this from NYW plans if you want them

There we go! Now we're talking!!!

Fund this, looks fairly straight forward and no spindles

 

 

 

 

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Spent the morning at the furniture bank.  Our task today was to cut the top of a desk in half and get a small low dresser out of it.  Several styles, a couple with tenons and pocket holes, another with mostly too narrow tenons and staples.  Some were nice solid wood some particle board with a laminate.  Edge banded some.

Edited July 8, 20242 yr by kmealy

Took the truck in for oil and brakes this morn. Plan to trim the live oak in drive this afternoon and it is only 91. 

1 hour ago, Gerald said:

afternoon and it is only 91. 

100° 4:30pm- I'll pass

1 hour ago, John Morris said:

@Fred W. Hargis Jr, take that Antique Cradle plan I linked ya too, build it without the rockers, and put a waist high stand on it.

By they way, we purchased a Bassinet for our first child too, used it a couple times and that was it. If we put our baby down for a nap, she just went into the regular crib. The Bassinet was kind of a waste of money. We never used it for our two children to follow either.

 You know, I had that exact thought when he asked about a bassinet (the short use/waste of money thing) but I held my tongue. I've stopped offering advice to our younger family members on anything, but that goes double or triplie for matters regarding a baby. I'm too far removed from that world to offer anything up.