Scott Morrison Inspired Cradle
This is my Scott Morrison Inspired Cradle. The cradle is built from Walnut. The top rail is bent lamination and the bottom (platform) of the cradle is made from 12/4 material. The platform joins the top rail via vertical slats. There are 20 vertical slats, each unique depending on the location of the slat. The slats join the top rail and bottom platform by handmade doweled joinery for reinforcement of the joints. I have 265 hours in the build and I purchased a total of 120 BF of 8/4 and 12/4 walnut. This cradle was built for our second grandchild, which arrived in July of 2013. There is a tremendous amount of hand sculpting in the build of this cradle.
Scott does not sell plans to his cradle, but he was extremely helpful in answering questions concerning the build.
Thanks Scott for the inspiration and assistance.
Comments
A stunning achievement! Congratulations on a job extremely well done.
Wow! Nuff said!
beautiful! not a right angle to be seen anywhere!
Steve, fantastic work...what tools did you use for all that sculpting??
TAW6, I used several tools to sculpt the cradle basket. I did a lot of rough sculpting to the platform before assembling the slats and top rail to have better access to the platform. For this, and the rough sculpting on the cradle basket, I used the red Holey Galahad see-through disc. You can find them at Amazon, Woodcraft, and many other places. This disc is extremely aggressive and it attached to my 4-1/2" Dewalt grinder. From this disc, I used an aggressive sanding pad with around 37 grit or so. Then, I moved to the ROS and stepped up through the grits...60, 80, 100, 150, 220, 320 400, and then 1000, 2000, and 4000 in foam pads. The pads (and paper) were purchased from Supergrit.com. The pads are Abralon. I also utilized 2 Auriou rasps, which I ordered from Lie-Nielson.com. Both were 12" (I think), one course and the other fine. These rasps are expensive, but extremely impressive and wonderful to work with.
The cradle stand started with 80 grit after the rasp work and moved up through the grits as with the basket.
Thanks for the comments. Let me know if you have other questions.
Steve
Hello Steve,
I am building a similar cradle for my first granddaughter. This is really challenging. You did a great job. What did you use for the pivot joint between the basket and the legs.
Thanks for helping
Dan
To Steve Gaskins -- beautiful rendition of the Morrison piece.
I'm about to tackle it. Can we talk? I'm reachable to set up a call at [email protected]. Thanks!!
Eric Lister
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