How To Make A Baby Crib / Cot
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- Опубліковано 24 бер 2018
- I have a baby on the way later this year so I needed a cot! This crib doubles as a co sleeper and it's mobile on castors. It's made using Meranti and Tasmanian oak.
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It will be such a proud Dad moment when you see your kid in the bassinet. On the store bought bassinets I’ve seen, the base under the mattress usually has some sort of airflow which will, hopefully provide air if something goes wrong and the little one rolls over or falls below a blanket and needs to breathe. It could be worth drilling a series of 25mm holes in that MDF just to be safe.
My first child was born 10 days ago, I always wanted to build him a cot but chickened out for safety reasons, but I’ll definitely be building him his first bed.
Good luck with your little one and I hope to see more kid projects in the future.
OMG, what a wonderful gift for your child. You are going to make a great dad.
Thanks Linda
Congratulations! What a lucky child to grow up in such a creative environment. Beautiful build & best wishes from the entire NT&S crew.
Great job. The different features/customability are fantastic. They show you really put some thought into it.
Really good job! I like how you use tools that are more commonly available to the home woodworker, especially without a table saw. Good job.
Lot of usage of the speed square, very interesting! Thank you for sharing this build!
I like it, Robin! It has a lot of great features. I really like how you can use it for multiple things.
Thanks Bruce
Nice build! Love the combination of techniques you use.
Thanks very much!
Very cool design, Robin. Very nicely done, love it!
As always Robin you do great work. What a great gift to your family and congratulations!!
Thanks Ted. We're very excited for what's to come!
Great job, Robin! Was a fun watch and your method of working to get your joinery done was simple and quite smart. Bravo! And congrats on the baby to come!
Thanks Brad
Your idea which allows the bed to be lifted from the suspension is outstanding. I also like your use of the speed square with the router. I'll be using your ideas soon as I've a grandchild due June 1 and a great grandchild due July 1.
Thanks very much. Goodluck!
Love your ideas and problem solutions, getting by with the tools you have . . . you're going to make a great woodworker. Cheers
Thanks Rod, really appreciate that
Nice job! Like your work place too.
Nicely done. Robin.
This is great work! Expecting it to go "gangbusters!!"
Looking good Robin. And thanks for the shout out.
I know this is a bit 20/20 hindsight, but for your tenons, have you considered setting up a router table and some sort of mitre gauge to speed up production? That way you'd only have to measure out one, setup a fence/stop block, and power through the rest
Congratulations to you and your wife Robin on the birth of your upcoming child! This project turned out great and believe me you'll need it! Next you'll have to figure out how to work a foot pedal to keep it rocking late at night when you're sitting up with the baby LOL!
Beautiful...I am making this one too...thanks for the ideas
Finally got a chance to watch and I gotta say it turned out great, but more so it looks like a well thought out and executed project. I like it!
Thanks mate. Good luck with the last show tonight!
love the workshop & tools
thanks!
Nice work mate great idea
Really nice project man!
Awesome buddy, you will love co sleeping nothing sweeter than having your babs right next to you. Our son is 15 months old and is still with us.
So excited!
Congratulations in advance for your new kid.
Built with love 👍👍👍👍
Nice job, baby will love it!
Veri nais
your work is very professional.
Really nice design.
Nice build. A few comments though:
Try if it is solid without the full length dowel rod, but instead insert a a small one with a cap only on one side. Fiddling with the long one will get on your nerves pretty soon - if youhappen to switch several times a day.
Depending on visitors and dogs around, a small brass pin above the 25mm swing axis might be helpful to secure it on the legs.
Thanks. That's a good idea
Nice build and good to see a maker that doesn't have a selection of festool toys :). Your method of gaping your slats from each side is fine, I usually start my slats at the centre and work out to the sides which puts any discrepancy up against the ends, but either method is good I think. Thanks for a great video and I hope the bay appreciates dad's work on this. Thankyou.
Thanks very much. Looking forward to putting it through it's paces
Well done! Hearing about this on the podcast seemed to make it more interesting to me. A couple of small points: If you start measuring the slats out from the middle of the rail, using your block there is even less opportunity to detect any minor differences in spacing at the ends. and... It could be argued, you don't even need glue for the thin vertical slats. Epoxy is expensive and with a bit of practice (especially with dry assembly) you should get down to an acceptable time to use regular PVA without any concern it will go off too quickly. Thanks for the video. Cheers, David
As always mate, entertaining, educational and inspiring! BIG congrats on the imminent arrival of the wee one too! :-) Projects aplenty ie cots, beds, toys etc. Look forward to it all ! Cheerz.
Thanks mate
Man I don't have a equipment to buit.... But I am sure I can if I had... Awesome crib...
Thank you!
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW UPCOMING ADDITION.
Thanks!
Robin awesome job. It’s amazing how much work you get done with relatively small amount of tools. Also like that you use a mix of power and hand tools. Oh side note I tried sending pictures to the podcast let me know if you have a bunch of pictures of wood with no name yeah that would be me lmao.
cool man , looks good
Thanks mate, we'll get into it tonight
Lovely project for an even lovelier reason!
Thank you
Thanks Robin, well done.
Cheers Tom
Baie wel gedaan!!! Dit lyk awesome
Congrats... kids are great.
Great job
Pretty cool !!!
Nice Job Man!
Thanks very much
I have to hand it to you. I created a cosleeper and just doweled it all together. Great project.
Thanks David, appreciate it mate
Good video! The second variant - to buy our 8 in 1 Crib made from solid pine wood
very nice !
What great project! I really enjoyed this , Thank-you. Congratulations by the way on just throwing away any chances of ever having any spare cash or "shop time" for at least the next twenty years! Of course I'm joking, enjoy your time with your new child and once again Congratulations to you and Mrs Lewis. N.
Should put some holes in the bottom sheet for the mattress to get air.
Looks great!
And congrats on the coming baby!
Cheers mate, that's a good idea
Great job Robin & congrats in advance, Meranti also used to be known as Philippine Mahogany in Oz
Oh cool, didn't know that
Bassinet/sleeper was beautifully done! Thank you. Especially unique and very solid design features were the added strength for the pendulum dowel and then the substantial added strength you provided for the legs. The wonderful feature for any new family was the full bed mode, very cleaver and thoughtful.
Thanks very much
Very nice work and proportions, looks great. Would you share overall dimensions and also for the slats its gaps and rails ?
Thanku for the idiya nice 👍👍🙏🙏🌳
Oooohhhhh look at those mortise and tenons 🤘🏽
Who needs a Domino ay, haha
Robin Lewis........... Joey 🤫
Excellent build! I'm expecting my first child soon. Would you happen to have plans for this build?
Fantastic Craftsmanship Bud!! Very well made. I found you through Jon Peters & subbed right away!! Hope all is well & Greetings from Jersey USA!!
Thanks Mike! That’s a huge compliment coming from Jons channel, thanks so much!
Never heard of cosleeper, but it love the design and multi functionality
Thanks Sarah. I think it's a relatively new way of sleeping with bubs nearby, but there's solid evidence that it works. I'm crossing fingers that we actually use it, haha!
Robin Lewis oh i remember having my baby sleep in my bed on occasion ten years ago. So this is a much safer idea
great job Rob, much better than the creaky Moses baskets we used for our brats, I mean sweet darling children, one tip I'd give though is in the early weeks having an insert of some sort to make it smaller, I found that the slept better is they were in a close-fitting space, your weather might negate that though. You and J must be so excited nevermind your Ma who I bet is bursting at the seams.
I think mom might be more excited than us, haha. We've found these foam wedges, we planning on using those to hold bubs in. I'm guessing that's what you're talking about. I just hope the little one uses it!
Yeah foam wedges or even pool noodles under the sheet.
Simple🏅Practical🏅YOU should sale this idea to IKEA or alike stores!👍
Beautiful project.. Very functional... Can the stopper be shorter
Thanks for sharing. Liked and subscribed. Btw, could you share the blueprint/plan?
Cool dog, can we see more of the dog lol.
Haha, you got it!
Robin, Congratulations to you and your Wife on your first Baby, look forward to seeing the little one in your shop. Beautiful Crib build, it looks awesome.
Thanks Sam
Robin, very nice build, looks strong and very functional. I was wondering if you can share the general dimentions of it? Thanks in advance great share
Thanks Rodrigo! It's around 1meter long, 500mm wide and 800mm high. I built it around the measurements of the mattress I was going to use
Nice crib! Aside from.. You know.. Your house
Do you have the specs on? What would you use lengths and how to actually make it
Almost makes me want to have a kid so I can build this... almost. But then again I enjoy sleep ;) ...might make myself one 😂
Fixit Fingers hahaha a man sized cot!
@@RobinLewisMakes you need one for workshop naps 😊 😴
What do you think of that Bunnings drill press? P.s great stuff, I’m motivated by your motivation
Thanks! so far I like it. I've heard from some people that it's not as accurate as it could be but for all the projects I've used it for it's been great
Nice job mate. How long would a baby stay in a crib like that? Planning on making a bigger cot too?
Thanks mate. From what I've heard it's around 6 months, give or take. I was planning on doing a cot down the line but we needed this first. It also gave me a practice run before sinking big bucks into the timber I want to use on a full size cot
Great build. Just a small suggestion though: drill a hole in both the legs below the crib part to store the rod when the basinette is in rocking mode, so to speak. It will save you the hassle of having to find the rod when you left it somewhere in the house.
Thanks Sebastian, that's a really good idea. I've been trying to work out what I'm going to do with the rod
@9:11, can hear the beginning of Fall Out Boy 's Sugar, We're Going Down Swinging
Very, very niiice 👍🏻😃
Thank you
I've watched this video twice now. Thinking about making this for my son. I really appreciate you making this video.
Do you happen to have a cut sheet that you would be willing to share?
Awesome design
Thank you! No plans unfortunately, just the video
@@RobinLewisMakes okay 👍 I'm sure your son is older now, but congratulations on your baby anyways 😂
If you make the mortise and tenons too tight, when you put glue on them, they will expand, making it impossible to close the joint.
1:42 can you please tell me where can i buy those insert points? thanks a lot, came out nice!
Thank you! I got them from my local big box store (Bunnings, Australia)
do you have plans for this for sale?
Hi. How heavy is the "removable" cradle part (w/o the legs)? Curious if my wife would be able to carry something like this with a baby inside. Thank you!
Getting it in and out of the frame might be a bit tricky but in terms of weight (as in lifting it from the floor) it can be done by one person, fairly easily
Hey Mate, do you have plans for this build?
I don't, sorry
Any drownings and plans for this. Looking to build one.
Sorry mate, don’t have any
1:35 you could have used a drill press vice
Is there a pdf of the plans or step-by-step instructions available?
Nah, no plans. Just the video
9:58, Are those EXTENTION CORDS holding up your workpiece?
Haha, no it's rope, but I can see how it looks like extension cord
Do you share your plans
Nice welcome to the dads club
Haha, thanks! Excited to be a part of it
hi good day. could you please include the cutting list
Do you sale your swing crib
do you have any plans for sale on this crib
Unfortunately not
What's the measurements for the crib
Will this fit a 6 month old, how long did it take to make?
Depending on how big he/she is, most probably. It took around 2 weeks of on and off work
Where is your table saw?
Can you please make this for my baby..
Is it possible to explain my wood sizes
36 people’s who dislike the video I think they doesn’t like the baby
I hv so many questions
What oil is good for cots?
I used a food grade oil, it's an orange oil. Anything that doesn't hurt bub when they chew on it
@@RobinLewisMakes Many thanks, Fantastic cot by the way 👍
11th. By the way I think walnut is more suitable
Walnut is great but hard to find in Australia. A good local wood, similar to walnut is merbau, but that's way to expensive for me!
yes... in indonesia merbau its expensive too... local wood you use is good looking, almost same walnut
Turned out beautiful. This is going to mean so much to your child someday. A true heirloom Robin.
Thanks Bonnie! I hope so, would be awesome to see my grandkids in this one day
What if baby rolls to a side of the bed. Just thinking out loud
The slats are m strong, and with the door up it will hold the baby inside
Am on here on UA-cam searching for DIY crib and happy that i found this video!
my husband and i have just recently rented a tools from mygaragerentals.com (i wonder if anyone has heard of this) at an amazing fee and we cant wait to recreate these for our little one
so thank you !!
Thank you! Hope the little one likes it
Did you know that mdf 'off-gasses' harmful chemicals, possibly formaldehyde.
I did not! I'll do some research into that
Check what MDF it is. E0 is common, which is "extremely low formaldehyde levels". The grades are important.
From what I can tell it's E1 (looking at the CUSTOMwood website), which is still not too bad. According to a chart it's about the same amount of formaldehyde as you'd find in shellfish. I painted it with 3 coats of waterbased paint (in an effort to seal against moisture) which seems to be a good way to slow the off gasing process.
ewp.asn.au/library/downloads/ewpaa_formaldehyde_facts.pdf
When my lads were born I made a few things for their rooms, using some mdf and plywood, and also solid timber. I remember being thoroughly annoyed by my wife's insistence that I sealed the raw material with a dedicated sealant. A decade later I'm grateful to her and so glad that I did. I reckon 3 layers of paint will be as good as any seal coat.
Good luck to you and your wife, Robin. I love your channel, and your podcast stuff. (And your channel, Paul.)
sir can you give me the drawing this project sir
i want to make it in the university project....can you help me sir