Building A Crib From Scratch

I am no exception and since i am due to have a new child in march last month i decided to make a crib.

Building a crib from scratch. 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. How to build a crib. Apply several coats of wood stain to the wooden components fill the holes with wood filler and smooth the surface. The first rule i found had to do with slats.

Folks have been building cribs for children long before graco and fisher price handed down the rules to us mere mortals so i thought i would look and see what some of the excepted standards actually are. To my relief the standards for making a crib were actually pretty straightforward. How to design and build a crib general woodworking.