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   Rennie | Jun 22, 2006 04:29pm | #1

   Check out http://www.newyankee.com/getproduct3.cgi?604 for plans and some inspiration.

   Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral.
   Frank Lloyd Wright

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   TGImages1 | Jun 22, 2006 05:16pm | #3

   Thanks. The one I'm modeling mine on is the cradle that Bob Requarth has in Design Book Seven. I hunted down a way to contact him and discussed the design with him for quite awhile. He was very nice and quite helpful with some pointers and suggestions.

   -Gary

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   DougF | Jun 22, 2006 04:36pm | #2

   Gary,

   There is the engineering drafting approach of laying out your project in scale or full-size end, side and top views and then measuring the angles.  The other way is to reference a compound angle table or calculate it.  Attached are three sources for the latter two solutions.

   http://www.woodcentral.com/bparticles/miter_formula.shtml

   http://www.cabinetmaking.co.uk/compoundangles.htm

   http://www.installcrown.com/Crown_angle_generator.html (This generator is helpful for those us who have long forgotten our trig)

    

   Good luck with your project.

   Doug

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   TGImages1 | Jun 22, 2006 05:17pm | #4

   These will work great! Thanks.

   I already have created full size plans so I can pull the angles off those and use that third web site to get the settings that I need.

   -Gary

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   DougF | Jun 22, 2006 05:30pm | #5

   Please post the final project in the Gallery.  Do you plan to bild a crib next?

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   TGImages1 | Jun 22, 2006 08:25pm | #6

   I haven't thought that far ahead. Our daughter is due in Feb (this will be our first grandchild) however since I work in the garage (in Chicago) I need this done by October in order to get a finish on it while the weather is still good. She doesn't know what it will be yet so I still have time to think toy trains/trucks or a doll house too.

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   DougF | Jun 22, 2006 08:52pm | #7

   What fun!  I have build cribs, large chests of drawers and a trundle bed for our 2 grandchildren and they can keep you busy with projects for years to come.  Enjoy.  

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   jerhall | Jun 22, 2006 10:31pm | #8

   Here is a web page with some general purpose calculators for compound angles I did for my woodworking club. It exhibits a 6 sided bird house and 8 sided squirrel feeder. But the approach should work for a 4 sided cradle just fine. A cradle just contains a different (more troublesome) kind of critter!

   http://www.writely.com/View.aspx?docid=bcfvz5kk9d6xw

   Jerry