Latticework and Lathing
Starting the lathing of the dowels on all of the cradle and latticework.
Lathing finished.
Laying out the cradles.
Cradle pieces drilled and being glued and assembled.
I glued up two pieces of hardwood, marked for the arches and cut them out with a bandsaw.
Assembling the arches.
I have notched and glued the pieces for the side latticework.
Close up view.
All of the latticework and cradles finished, left view.
Right view.
Experimenting with dowels. Because of the time involved in the lathing process (eight hours!) I experimented with simply drilling and inserting dowels. Not as fancy but it is quicker and leaves a perfectly square shoulder. I am still deciding which method is best. The 'Barely Naked rack was built entirely this way and saved six hours of labor.
