Coffins and Cutting Board

[tattoo12365]

Well I'm new here and you all have asked me for pix so I started a gallery page. http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=1091

I have been away from wood working a while so don't judge to harshly please LOL

 

[McRabbet]

These are very nice looking projects -- can't give you anything but praise for them! Keep it up and enjoy the dust.

Rob

 

[sapwood]

Pretty cool Allen :icon_thum
Don't know that we have any other coffin makers to compare
But we all know "if momma is happy, everybody is happy.:lol:
Thanks for taking the time to share the photos. I like the use of contrasting woods in both the coffins and cutting boards.

Roger

 

[tattoo12365]

Momma is happy as long as daddy is in the basement or garage and not out running the streets like he use too. :lol: LOL.

Thanks

 

[FIVEBYFIVE]

Allen that looks great. I have tried to make a toe pincher once but couldnt figure the angles. Any tips, or patterns you wish to share???:eusa_clap

 

[DaveT]

Very nice work Allen! Keep the picture coming

 

[dozer]

I really like the coffins. Wonder if I could make one as a pen presentation box with a narrow piece of plexi glass in the middle for viewing.....

 

[Splinter]

Nice work. What do you use the coffins for?

I have thought about making my own coffin for "when the time comes", but didn't want the LOML to get any ideas.:lol:

 

[tattoo12365]

I've got more pix coming in just a few minutes ........ I put the box together with out the poly and took it over to my buddies house so I could pick up the knife that goes in it .... ( I still have to make holders inside the box for the knife) ... while I was there, his wife took some digi pix and just e-mailed them to me .... going to go now and post them.

FIVEBYFIVE ...... I got the original idea off of the web .... Free Pet Coffin Plans - How to Build A Pet Coffin I scaled down my boxes of course. The top and bottom angles stay the same each time I make a box but depening on how tall or short I make it changes the side angles. It's not to tricky ... I just try to cut test angles on scrap wood, and I have a plastic template made so I know percisely what it needs to look like when it's done.

 

[DaveO]

Allen, very nice work. I am glad to see that your coffins aren't life-size (but knife-sized :-D ) There is something morbid about that. I really like the cutting board also. I always make the rectangular, but I like the idea of making one round. Do you use a circle jig or just free hand it?
Dave

 

[tattoo12365]

Thanks alot. I do have one that is full size and made of pine with 3 rope handles on each side. We use it to carry around our poles and connectors for our 10x20 foot canopy. It is a little morbid but for some reason even the sane people are liking them. :lol: :lol: :lol:

I have an extended table on my band saw. it's set up with a sliding pin so that I can do archways, curved drawer fronts and circles when the need calls.

 

[jaustin]

I really like those knife caskets.

i thought about making pet caskets but never did. Never would of thought of making a knife holder.

 

[tattoo12365]

I've seen where people of the "Gothic" culture are using them to decorate everything, kitchen cabinet doors and counter tops. LOL I just got started doing them because of a friend. It's not in my nature normally.

The boxes to follow will be mixed in nature. The next one will be made of wood but have 4 glass side panels and a wood/glass top. And yet another box will be 6 sided ..... I'm not just about coffins guys. :lol: