The Wedding Coffin - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

tstagman · 10-11-2009, 07:55 PM

I have some pics of the Wedding Coffin in progress.

For those who didn't read my post in the Off Topic section, I was asked to make a coffin to be used for a card box at a dress-up Halloween wedding.

After looking online at different style coffins I decided on the toe-pincher stlye. These pics show the initial rough construstion of the box and lid. I used 1"X6" pine boards recycled from shipping crates.

I used my Dremel to rough up the box to make it look old and cut some fake grooves and nail holes to make it looked pieced together.

tstagman · 10-11-2009, 08:11 PM

As I was building the initial box I was trying to decide how to fasten the lid to the box. In the process of thinking, being a devious, practical joking sort of guy, I thought it would be fun to devise a hidden attachment and watch the panic when they couldn't figure out how to get it open to retrieve their cards.

So now my plan is to do just that and to compose a riddle with the clues on how to open it.

The lid will be captivated by bolts through the back of the box and then plugs cut to conceal the bolt heads. A little caulking and paint should hide the plugs and the only visible means of locating them will be 6 tiny holes (#60 drill bit) in the center of the plug. A screw will have to be inserted in the hole and threaded in to pop the plug out to reveal the bolt heads.

I used 1/4"-20 bolts and washers with a long rod coupling nut for the attachments to the lid. I glued and screwed them to the lid so I could torque it fairly tight. I drilled and countersunk the holes in the back to insert the bolts and then the plugs that will be 3/4" thick.

Here's some pics of the beginning stages.

More to come later.

Sally · 10-11-2009, 09:32 PM

Sounds like a fun idea - I hope you will be there to watch their reaction.

wood-n-things · 10-11-2009, 09:58 PM

Ye gads man...I thought this was going to be just large enough to accommodate some cards....How big is that? Life size?

handibunny · 10-11-2009, 10:28 PM

And after Halloween what will you do with it?

dragyn · 10-11-2009, 11:10 PM

I think it will be funny, to see their reaction, if they don't kill you first!!

Nice job though. ARe you going to 'age' the wood any?

scrollpup · 10-11-2009, 11:20 PM

I'm with Mike, I thought it was supposed to go ON a table, not BE the table! LOL

Looks like your really having a good time with this project! Wish I could attend the wedding and see everyones reactions to that

Jerry

evilbadger · 10-12-2009, 03:17 AM

Terry

Are you sure that is not to put somebody in seems pretty big for just cards. LOL Maybe you can make a hand reach up as people put their cards in. Might as well get the guests too.
Have fun with it. It looks like you are so far.

sappy · 10-12-2009, 10:25 PM

Looks like a great idea! And you are doing a great job with it. Just hope no kids climb in it and close the lid if it is tricky to open, there could be some paniced people!

marshall · 10-13-2009, 12:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by handibunny

And after Halloween what will you do with it?

A good job here , but Carole has asked the question that I was wondering about also..............Marshall

10-11-2009, 09:58 PM	#4
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Right here ---silly Posts: 4,471 Blog Entries: 1	Ye gads man...I thought this was going to be just large enough to accommodate some cards....How big is that? Life size? __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. Don't be so open-minded. Your brains will fall out!

10-11-2009, 10:28 PM	#5
handibunny Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NY Posts: 360	And after Halloween what will you do with it? __________________ Carole Follow me on my blog: www.scrollsawbowls.blogspot.com

10-11-2009, 11:20 PM	#7
scrollpup Avatar by Casey Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hot Springs,Arkansas Posts: 1,732	I'm with Mike, I thought it was supposed to go ON a table, not BE the table! LOL Looks like your really having a good time with this project! Wish I could attend the wedding and see everyones reactions to that Jerry __________________ Two wrongs don't make a right....they just even the score...

10-12-2009, 03:17 AM	#8
evilbadger Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 314	Terry Are you sure that is not to put somebody in seems pretty big for just cards. LOL Maybe you can make a hand reach up as people put their cards in. Might as well get the guests too. Have fun with it. It looks like you are so far. __________________ Tim "Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same." - -- Oscar Wilde

10-12-2009, 10:25 PM	#9
sappy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Idaho Posts: 128	Looks like a great idea! And you are doing a great job with it. Just hope no kids climb in it and close the lid if it is tricky to open, there could be some paniced people! __________________ "OU-AHH. That's how it all starts, then later there's running and screaming.." Jeff Goldblum

10-11-2009, 09:32 PM	#3
Sally Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Renton WA Posts: 1,024	Sounds like a fun idea - I hope you will be there to watch their reaction.

10-11-2009, 11:10 PM	#6
dragyn Local Goofball! Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,665	I think it will be funny, to see their reaction, if they don't kill you first!! Nice job though. ARe you going to 'age' the wood any? __________________ Dragyn (Oh my! Another Mike! ) It's a good thing my head is attached to my ... ... Has anyone seen my head?!?

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