Sunday, April 1, 2012

Disappearing wood coin bank

Well folks here we go with a little wood bank I've made in the passed. You can make it any size you would like all that really matters is the little door that makes a coin disappear.
I started out choosing what wood should I use so I chose Aspen. One problem I have with the wood I bought is that it is bowed and cupped. Lucky it is thin and I can bend it in place.
I set up my table saw to cut two pieces of 4 inch and 5 inch pieces.
I used a poor mans stop block to cut consistently.
Grrrrrrr!!!!  I forgot the blade thickness, soooo now the bank will be 1/8th smaller from left to right and front to back. Ah the beauty of on the fly engineering.

After I cut all the pieces I layed out the slot for the drawer and using a coin I eyeballed how wide I wanted the drawer to be.
Then I cut and chiseled out the opening





AND HERE IS THE FINISHED BANK













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