Building A Crib

For a crib to suit a farmhouse style nursery.

Building a crib.

I also designed this crib to be a low profile crib. Constructing a crib on your own isn t rocket science but its important you spend the time planning before you dive in. There are few occasions that inspire the potential builder more than the immanent birth of a baby. I built it with rough cut lumber from groff and groff lumber in pa jointd surface planed shaped on my router table and finished with walnut oil.

A properly built crib won t just stand the test of time it will also be a safe place for you baby built wrong through and it could be a dangerous place for your little one. Next attach the 1 1 cleats to the interior faces of the bed frame in order to support the slats. How to design and build a crib general woodworking don heisz is the author of offcuts a weekly article on the lighter side of woodworking. Enjoy the video and be sure to like comment share and subscribe for more.

I built it out of cherry and it was my first furniture build before this i only did craft projects like clocks and scrollsaw fretwork. Use 1 3 slats to build the frame of the bed making sure the corners are square. After building the crib forego potentially harmful chemicals and seal it with an earthy all natural stain and polyurethane combo. I felt 100 confident in my carpentry and sanding skills to build this.

Drill pocket holes though the cleats and secure them to the frame with 1 1 4 screws. I just finished building your crib completion date. Continue the baby crib project by making the bed frame. How to build a crib.