First batch of raw stock.   I started with 4/4 cherry, and had one edge jointed when I bought it.  The stock was relatively flat, so I hit it with my #7 and then ran it through the planer.

This was after one batch of boards.  The stock was pretty darn close to 1", so I took it down to 7/8".  My design originally called for 3/4, but I'm leaving everything as thick as possible, and just making sure the dimensions work out where it matters.

In the background, you can see what will eventually become my workshop.  I had just started working on it when we found out we were going to be having a baby, and I haven't had time to finish it off with the crib build.

Poplar for the slats supporting the mattress.  I needed 16 slats total from the boards shown here.

Planing the slats smooth.  I find my jack plane leave a really nice finish, and I haven't really gotten the hang of the #4 yet.  The poplar had some really gorgeous purple streaking in the heartwood.  

The first board for the adjustable-height box the mattress sits in.  I cut from widest to narrowest, longest to shortest, in order to avoid wasting material.  I laid out the majority of the pieces when I bought the wood, but I don't really spend the time to mark out all of my cuts.  This particular board ended up cut 1" short, and I had to redo it.  Then I measured incorrectly while ripping the second board to size and it was 1" too narrow...

I was able to reuse the incorrectly cut boards for narrower pieces, so I didn't waste too much material, but it was a frustrating start to the project.

First batch of cuts made.  This is everything for the mattress box and the majority of the framing for the crib.  Slats and panels are next.  I have a printout of each component of the build, with dimensions and notes marked down for each.  Once I finish cutting, I put the printout on top of the parts it represents.  If I have any modifications as I'm going, I take notes on the printout.

Panels for the front and back of the frame.  I resawed these from the same cherry stock as the rest of the build, glued them up and had them sanded on a wide-belt sander at my local hardwood dealer.  I got impatient to see what the final product would look like, so I hit them with a coat of Watco's Danish Oil (natural).  I let it dry for a day, sanded it to 320, then hit it with another coat of oil.  I let that dry for a day, then did a light coat of somewhere between 1 lb. and 2 lb. blonde shellac.  I let that dry for a day, then sanded up to P3000.  This may have been overkill, but the panels feel silky smooth without feeling like they're finished.

Dry fit of dovetails.

Glue-up of the mattress box.  Slats are just laid out to see what it would look like.

Dovetails on one end after cleaning up.  The holes are for mounting the box to the frame.  They seat a 1/4-20 stainless steel screw, which goes into a t-nut buried in the frame. 

Dovetails on the other end.

Dry fit of the left side of the frame.  Mortises were done with router and shop-made jig.  Rails have a 1" tenon that is mortised into the stiles.  The smaller mortises in the rails will receive the slats, which still need to be planed to final size.