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Friend at work requested I make her an incense coffin. She’s a yoga instructor on the side so I thought I’d do something zen.
Measures 13” width, 3 1/2” tall, 2 3/4” wide. Made of curly maple with walnut & cottonwood (my replacement for holly) inlays.
Love this wood, just have a hard time making that first cut into the really figured curly maple.
Lesson learned from this project: Getting a request from a friend brought a lot of creativity out of me in the design.
Thanks for checking it out!
-- There is a lesson in every project. Play safe!
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9 comments so far
Pdub
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#1 posted 650 days ago
Nice design, beautiful wood. Your friend definately brought out the best in your creativity.
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shipwright
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#2 posted 650 days ago
Really nice. Beautiful material and appropriate design and of course fine workmanship.
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TonyWard
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#3 posted 650 days ago
Nice work, fine workmanship.
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TopamaxSurvivor
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#4 posted 650 days ago
Nice work. I love curly maple ;-))
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#5 posted 650 days ago
beautiful wood and finish
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kiefer
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#6 posted 650 days ago
What a beautiful design and ornamentation on this box !
I love everything about it but does it have to be called a coffin ?
Thanks Kiefer
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kiefer
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#7 posted 649 days ago
sorry
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#8 posted 649 days ago
I like the design and the name. It is a design I had never seen before. Good idea.
I can’t tell from the pictures. Is there a tray in the bottom to catch the ash or embers in the bottom? Maybe a shallow metal pan or some small ceramic tile in the bottom? I’d worry about the “coffin” going up in flames too.
-Dave
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AugieCoe
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#9 posted 649 days ago
Thanks for all the comments!
At first I did consider shaping it like a coffin, but figured it would be really hard to glue up, and the hinge at the top would have been tricky to say the least.
I was concerned as well that the walnut base would have the potential to catch on fire, but with a few test runs, the incense punt doesn’t really burn that hot and the ash that does fall hasn’t made it catch on fire… yet :)
-- There is a lesson in every project. Play safe!
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