Shavings From Crib Legs

This weekend, I decided that I better get back to the crib if this baby might show up early.  I glued the legs together a few weeks ago, each one made of three pieces of walnut.  Finished legs measure around 42 inches at the moment, but the front two will be cut shorter.  Before I ran the legs through my power planer and possibly messed up a blade, I decided to get out the plane that belonged to Judy’s dad.  With Curt’s No. 7, I cut down the dried glue areas and then flattened two sides of each leg so that I could run them quickly through the jointer before I rand them through the planer later on.  As you can see from the photo, I created a pretty pile of shavings after working all four legs.

Sized Slats

If you compare this stack of slats to an earlier picture that I put up, you might not seem much difference in a quick look.  However, each slat is now exactly the same size, smooth and each has a 1/8 inch round-over on every side.

I cut floating tenons too to fit into the ends of these 42 slats, so pretty soon, I should be ready to glue these things to the rails.

But first, everything needs a final sanding, and some stain before the glue comes close.  I want to avoid any glue spill over on this job, and there is way too much to tape off to avoid glue bleed.

I think I will wait for a nice day, and then take these pieces outside and let the sanding dust fly to the wind.  That will keep the whole house a lot cleaner.