Rounding Third...

...and headed for home. Yes, another title with the dreaded points of ellipsis in it.

After the sandingfest yesterday, today was a day for glue-ups. Whilst the glue was drying, I started to cut the top caps for the sides of the crib as well as the decorative pieces. As you can see from the pictures, the contrasting walnut really stands out against the maple.

As you can see, the crib is really starting to come together. The hardest part of today's goings-on was trying to figure out how to set up the saw to create the decorative little pyramids that fit into the mortises on the top rails. After cussin' and swearin' for an hour or so, I emerged from a pile of wasted scrap cuts with the solution. And I must say, the walnut really makes the piece stand out.

Not shown, but almost complete, are the two caps that will be affixed to the tops of the sides of the crib, one of walnut and one of hard maple. I just need to do some final sanding to them.

This week I'll start working on the gates to the crib, which hopefullly won't take too long. It's time to start giving some serious thoughts to a finish for this project. At the moment I'm leaning towards a shellac finish...but there's always room for other suggestions.

Posted by Rob at February 29, 2004 8:34 PM