Mark Adams
all wood nut
I just found out today that my stepson and his girlfriend are pregnant! Part of me says I am far too young, and part of me is pretty dang excited! I guess it isn't up to me though.
Gonna be a Grandfather!!!
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Andre Cloutier
Firestarter. Wicked Firestarter.
Congrats! - lots of time to get started on a boat cradle.
http://www.amazon.com/Expectant-Fathers-Cradle-Boat-Book/dp/0937822167
and
http://www.jordanwoodboats.com/home.cfm?dir_cat=48865
or maybe just a little canoe...
http://www.amazon.com/Expectant-Fathers-Cradle-Boat-Book/dp/0937822167
and
http://www.jordanwoodboats.com/home.cfm?dir_cat=48865
or maybe just a little canoe...
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Mark Adams
all wood nut
Thanks guys! I hadn't even considered a boat cradle, Andre. My wife was showing me pics of cradles she thought would be nice for me to build last night.
Andre Cloutier
Firestarter. Wicked Firestarter.
cradles
Mark,
I built this for our first born, I used the first book and strip built it. I've got plans for the Jordan Baby Tender II but never got to it (make me an offer!), would have loved to have had the time for the full lap and riveted Baby Tender.
Lots of fun building, they're so small the gratification is amost instant
One thing i can recommned, if you strip build it or just need some adhesive, polyurethane glue sets faster and sands way easier than epoxy.
Mark,
I built this for our first born, I used the first book and strip built it. I've got plans for the Jordan Baby Tender II but never got to it (make me an offer!), would have loved to have had the time for the full lap and riveted Baby Tender.
Lots of fun building, they're so small the gratification is amost instant
One thing i can recommned, if you strip build it or just need some adhesive, polyurethane glue sets faster and sands way easier than epoxy.
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Michael Grace
Lifetime Member
Congratulations, Mark! You posted your impending grandfatherhood for the world to see, so you're either very excited or very afraid! I think you're excited, whether you realize it or not. Surely you're in for a lot of fun with a new little one.
Michael
Michael
chris pearson
Michigan Canoe Nut
Mark,
Congrats my friend!!!!!!!
Congrats my friend!!!!!!!
Andre Cloutier
Firestarter. Wicked Firestarter.
Mark, have a look at this... Really nice job.
http://www.woodenboat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=97334
http://www.woodenboat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=97334
Kathryn Klos
squirrel whisperer
Beautiful little cradle!
For what it's worth, I thought I'd mention something an uncle of mine told me, which makes a great deal of sense. He and my aunt had a very colicky baby, and went shopping for a cradle, believing this would be a good way to soothe my little cousin. At the time, they were living in the UK, and the cradle-- recommended to them by a medical colleague of my uncle's-- seemed unusual: instead of going side-to-side, the rockers went fore-and-aft (head-to-foot) (stem-to-stern)... and it worked beautifully. The baby lay on his tummy (which I understand isn't recommended anymore... each generation needing a new theory about something) and the fore-and-aft action of the cradle brought the bubbles up (or down, as the case may be...) and out.
My cousin is now a grandpa himself.
Kathy
For what it's worth, I thought I'd mention something an uncle of mine told me, which makes a great deal of sense. He and my aunt had a very colicky baby, and went shopping for a cradle, believing this would be a good way to soothe my little cousin. At the time, they were living in the UK, and the cradle-- recommended to them by a medical colleague of my uncle's-- seemed unusual: instead of going side-to-side, the rockers went fore-and-aft (head-to-foot) (stem-to-stern)... and it worked beautifully. The baby lay on his tummy (which I understand isn't recommended anymore... each generation needing a new theory about something) and the fore-and-aft action of the cradle brought the bubbles up (or down, as the case may be...) and out.
My cousin is now a grandpa himself.
Kathy
