Bronze Bushings needed for Cradle.

I've seen that Lowes has bushings in their small parts bins. Can't swear is they had bronze or not, but there was a nice size selection. I'm sure Home Depot or even a nicely supplied local hardware store could have them also. Jack

Take your choice:

Grainger or McMaster-Carr.

Lew

ace is the place with the helpful hardware bins

Am I the only one who finds Home Depot's selection of hardware to be terrible? That is, I can find 2" #10 wood screws in bags of 2, 4, 6, 10,

Try an Auto parts store like NAPA or locally owned. Not the Pep Boys type store.

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Any good hardware store and probably Home Depot or Lowes. There will be a (big, like 5' high & 8' long) row of plastic drawers filled with washers, nuts, bolts and assorted "hardware" that you never thought you needed to look in before. They are usually color coded to differentiate between standard to metric or stainless vs galvanized, etc. Robert Smith

L> Greetings All, I am working on a cradle for my soon to be first born

Or if you need 4 of something they only have 2 or 3 but will order them for you. I always try to use my local stores but sometimes can't resist the low price on a specific item.

Ray

Motion Industries, Birmingham, AL.

You might try an auto electric rebuild shop. They usually have an incredibly huge selection of bushings.

Pete

Googled for "Bronze bushing", got 356K results. Try here:

Or try the yellow pages for bearing distributors.

Swinging cradle? I've used nylon, covering the offending white with the appropriate color washer, and also the bronze-colored hardware Rockler sells for gliders. Works nice.

Nylon or UHMW stuff probably more slippery than bronze in this low-load application.

Yes, swinging cradle. I will go back to Lowe's and Home Depot and take a second look to see if they have what I need.

Thanks to all.

But then how do you inculcate a subtle love and attraction for the machine room in the baby, when it doesn't have the subtle and beautiful smell of oiled brass tempting its infant nose?

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Perhaps a nice monkey? Have some from last winter that have already been neutered....

If you want the strength and longevity of bronze bushings, but without the almost inevitable squeak, look for oilite bushings - they are bronze with built-in lubricant. And you can even find them at many auto parts stores. They might have the size you need in stock.

When I needed bronze bushings several years ago, I found them (believe it or not) at Sears Hardware (and nowhere else).

~Mark.

I am about to look for plans to build a cradle. Not sure yet floor unit vs table top unit. I would love to see your plans if they can be faxed or e-mailed.Any picture of unit would also be appreciated.

I got the plans from the book "Children's Furniture Projects" by Taunton Press. Here is the link to the book:

Built a lot of cradles when I was in service where folks were of prime breeding age. The swinging cradle was based on the full-scale plan Rockler sells. Hooded rocker was from an early American furniture book.

If you're interested in seeing a modern concept model - scaled for twins - I still have that here. Came out nice, though my pictures are gone with the drive, and the item's in Europe. Regrettably the AutoCAD files were on the same drive.