Cute. Did you come up with the original plans? How is it finished or how will you finish it? Nice work. Some day i will once again find time to do some wood working.
I have spent many hours making clothes and knitting for my granddaughter's American Girl Doll. Those dolls are part of the family. Your daughter must be thrilled with such a beautiful cradle for her best doll.
Looks like a great project and something that your daughter will cherish and the price was exactly right! Polish it up and encourage her to pass it on to her own children (not trying to rush that process), just remind her as she gets older how much it meant to her.
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Daughter graduated college and got married, claimed she didn't care about anything in her old room. I disappeared everything. Little by little, as the months wore on, she mentioned (but without missing) things that were actually precious, bespectacled Molly especially. There was also a little stuffed bear in her own suitcase, filled with various outfits from ballerina to PJs.
Finally one day there was just a little sigh from daughter...well, I kind of wish you could have stored my bear.
Me: The one with all the clothes? yes, it was cute.
(long pause)
So of course I stored it -- along with all of the other treasures from your "old (you are all of 23) room."
...?Molly?...
She's waiting for you with her glasses and red leather boots on.
"I love you, Mom!"
Today's treasures do have a special meaning later. The cradle is terrific!
Started with plans, but modified them . I go with the joinery techniques that I'm familiar with.
See the pocket hole screws and the lap joints? Neither were in the plans. The pocket holes were just plain lazy ---
the lap joints were (in my opinion) stronger than the dowels in the original plan.
I also created my own suspension system. The cradle's suspension system is tapered dowels hanging in slots cut with forstner bits. I didn't want to spoil my woodworking with bearings (generally avoid metal components).
