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These are Christmas presents that I did last year for my kids and nieces and nephews 11 in all. The pigs are simply made out of pine, I used a router and template to cut all the parts. The ears are walnut with walnut dowels used for eyes and nostrils. I used copper wire for the tails as I ran out of time for trying to bend some wood for tails as I originally planned. The coin removal hole in the bottom is a threaded hole with a wooden screw. Though I did learn one thing wooden threads in soft wood, not the best, the threads chip easily. But after a few coats of finish the threads seemed to hold better along with waxing the threads so the parts move easily. I also “branded” each piggy bank with the initial of each child’s first name. The finish was simply several coats of a spray poly. I did make one more piggy bank several months later for a church benefit auction, luckily I saved all my templates, this time I used maple for the pig and walnut as before and the threading went much better.
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TreeBones
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posted 246 days ago
Very cool. You must have some wealthy kids this year.
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DannyBoy
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posted 246 days ago
Very nice.
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TomFran
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posted 246 days ago
Very nice banks! Great way to get children thinking about “saving” money.
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John Gray
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posted 246 days ago
Cool! Great idea.
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Critterman
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posted 246 days ago
Nice, bet the kids loved them. Nicely done :>)
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mot
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posted 246 days ago
Those look fun!
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rpmurphy509
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posted 246 days ago
Agree with Tom, those look to be a blast to make.
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jpw1995
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posted 246 days ago
Hold on to those templates! I’d bet you could sell these by the hundreds!
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Grumpy
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posted 246 days ago
Very nifty.
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DAN
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posted 245 days ago
well written posting. project looks fun too.
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Blake
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posted 243 days ago
If I had one of these I might not spend so many coins on tools. I like how you easily reproduced them with the router template. Great gift idea!
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Jiri Parkman
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Nice.
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Karson
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posted 228 days ago
great project and gift for the kids. A nice design.
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rikkor
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posted 228 days ago
I like it. Are they like bandsaw boxes?
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firemedic
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posted 228 days ago
The center is made up of three laminations that were cut prior to assembly, though you could very easily glue up the center pieces then cut them out as in a bandsaw box. The only reason I didn’t do it that way is a lack of a bandsaw.
-- Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein