Don heisz is the author of offcuts a weekly article on the lighter side of woodworking.
													
																	Building a crib from scratch. 
									
	
		
	
																	Apply several coats of wood stain to the wooden components fill the holes with wood filler and smooth the surface. 
																	How to build a crib. 
																	The first rule i found had to do with slats. 
																	There are few occasions that inspire the potential builder more than the immanent birth of a baby. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Constructing a crib on your own isn t rocket science but its important you spend the time planning before you dive in. 
																	To my relief the standards for making a crib were actually pretty straightforward. 
																	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.