Piggy Banks - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

halflife · 06-08-2008, 01:39 AM

Hello fellow scrollers. I just joined and think this is a great site. Does anyone out there know where I can get scroll saw patterns for piggy banks. A few years ago, I made piggy banks for a lot of kids. Now my daughter wants me to make banks for my grandkids. I do not remember where I got them from. My youngest granddaughter wants an elephant bank. There was a catalog that had many different piggy bank patterns. It also had all parts that one could order. Including a musical slot when you dropped a coin into the bank. HELP! Thanks

JohnB · 06-08-2008, 04:15 AM

G'day Halflife,
Cherrytree
Woodworking Products Matching bank at Cherry Tree
Has lots of money box patterns. I haven't used any of theirs however I have made many money boxes.
I just found pics of vehicles and animals, sized them correctly and scrolled them out. I'd then cut out the centre and screw a piece of perspex on both sides of the cut out. I'm not sure of the size of your largest coin, ours is a 50c bit which is 32mm so I used timber 35mm thick this allowed the slot to be cut across the top.

thecopperfish · 06-08-2008, 04:32 AM

I don't know about your question, but welcome to the group! Glad to have you.
Chris

lucky788scroller · 06-10-2008, 02:57 AM

Try Meisels, they used to have tons of them.

NMScroller · 06-10-2008, 05:55 AM

Yes, I was about to suggest Meisels as they not only have many patterns but the rubber plugs to accomadote the bottoms.

Cutting Cathy · 06-10-2008, 12:24 PM

I missed this post Halflife!! I have a book called "Wooden Banks You Can Make" by Harvey Helms. I have made several banks from it. And he has 2 different elephants. The book is available from our lovely hosts of this board, Fox Chapel Publishing!! I have been working on sheep banks lately. I really hated wasting the middles that I cut out, so I shrunk the pattern enough that I can use the middles for some smaller ones. Here a couple pictures of them:

Sheep2.jpg

Sheep3.jpg

You even make your own wooden plugs for them!! Hope this helps!!

Cathy in NE

CanadianScroller · 06-10-2008, 01:27 PM

Wonderful banks Cathy.
Very ingenious on the wood use too

minowevie · 06-10-2008, 08:12 PM

Welcome, looks like you have some good answers there. good luck, and stick around love new memmbers. glad you are hear. your new friend Evie

Jim Finn · 06-11-2008, 01:32 AM

One of my scroll saw banks. Plexiglass in the cutout.

06-08-2008, 01:39 AM	#1
halflife Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1	Piggy Banks Hello fellow scrollers. I just joined and think this is a great site. Does anyone out there know where I can get scroll saw patterns for piggy banks. A few years ago, I made piggy banks for a lot of kids. Now my daughter wants me to make banks for my grandkids. I do not remember where I got them from. My youngest granddaughter wants an elephant bank. There was a catalog that had many different piggy bank patterns. It also had all parts that one could order. Including a musical slot when you dropped a coin into the bank. HELP! Thanks

06-08-2008, 04:15 AM	#2
JohnB 1 Tin Soldier Rides Away Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Posts: 5,165	G'day Halflife, Cherrytree Woodworking Products Matching bank at Cherry Tree Has lots of money box patterns. I haven't used any of theirs however I have made many money boxes. I just found pics of vehicles and animals, sized them correctly and scrolled them out. I'd then cut out the centre and screw a piece of perspex on both sides of the cut out. I'm not sure of the size of your largest coin, ours is a 50c bit which is 32mm so I used timber 35mm thick this allowed the slot to be cut across the top. __________________ Regards John "The Golden Mile" Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, here I am, Stuck in the middle with you. Some of my Stuff Retired Medically Unfit WA Police Officers

06-08-2008, 04:32 AM	#3
thecopperfish Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Oregon USA Posts: 1,145	I don't know about your question, but welcome to the group! Glad to have you. Chris __________________ What! There's no coffee?!!

06-10-2008, 02:57 AM	#4
lucky788scroller Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wisconsin Posts: 6,354	Try Meisels, they used to have tons of them. __________________ Dale w/ yella saws

06-10-2008, 05:55 AM	#5
NMScroller Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 321	Yes, I was about to suggest Meisels as they not only have many patterns but the rubber plugs to accomadote the bottoms. __________________ ---Support bacteria - they're the only culture some people have.

06-10-2008, 12:24 PM	#6
Cutting Cathy Proud Grandma Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Central Nebraska Posts: 640	I missed this post Halflife!! I have a book called "Wooden Banks You Can Make" by Harvey Helms. I have made several banks from it. And he has 2 different elephants. The book is available from our lovely hosts of this board, Fox Chapel Publishing!! I have been working on sheep banks lately. I really hated wasting the middles that I cut out, so I shrunk the pattern enough that I can use the middles for some smaller ones. Here a couple pictures of them: Sheep2.jpg Sheep3.jpg You even make your own wooden plugs for them!! Hope this helps!! Cathy in NE

06-10-2008, 01:27 PM	#7
CanadianScroller Moderator CUT IT OUT Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chilliwack British Columbia, Canada Posts: 3,904 Blog Entries: 12	Wonderful banks Cathy. Very ingenious on the wood use too __________________ CAЯL HIRD-RUTTEЯ "proud member of the best scroll sawing forum on the net." Ryobi SC180VS scroll saw EX21

06-10-2008, 08:12 PM	#8
minowevie Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: california Posts: 6,297	Welcome, looks like you have some good answers there. good luck, and stick around love new memmbers. glad you are hear. your new friend Evie

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