Hi Gang
My wife and I were on a European trip over Christmas and I came across this reusable wooden item from the middle ages. It is a casket.
When used, the dearly departed is put in the casket and it is lowered into the grave and the handle is pulled opening a pair of trap doors and deposits the deceased into the grave and the casket is removed to be used again. Makes me proud to be a woodworker.
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Bill V
A reuseable WHAT??
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A reuseable WHAT??
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You know, it does leave me to wonder why more woodworkers don't make their own.
Just saying ....
Just saying ....
'55 Greenie #292284 (Mar-55), '89 SS 510 #020989, Mark VII #408551 (sold 10/14/12), SS Band Saw, (SS 500 #36063 (May-79) now gone to son-in-law as of 11-11), Magna bandsaw, Magna jointer 16185 (May-54), Magna belt sander SS28712 (Dec-82), Magna jigsaw SS4397 (Dec-78), SS biscuit joiner, Zyliss (knockoff) vise, 20+ hand planes, 60s Craftsman tablesaw, CarbaTec mini-lathe, and the usual pile of tools. Hermit of the Hills Woodworks, a hillbilly in the foothills of the Ozarks, scraping by.
I plan on building a CHEAP pine box. It's gonna get torched anyhow.
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You got something against cardboard?:Dwiredone wrote:I plan on building a CHEAP pine box. It's gonna get torched anyhow.
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Goldie(Bought New SN 377425)/4" jointer/6" beltsander/12" planer/stripsander/bandsaw/powerstation /Scroll saw/Jig saw /Craftsman 10" ras/Craftsman 6" thicknessplaner/ Dayton10"tablesaw(restoredfromneighborstrashpile)/ Mark VII restoration in 'progress'/ 10E[/size](SN E3779) restoration in progress, a 510 on the back burner and a growing pile of items to be eventually returned to useful life. - aka Red Grange
Everybody goes into the crematorium in a cardboard box. screw that, I gotta be me.
www.wirewerkes.com
Hiding in a Joshua Tree.
Hiding in a Joshua Tree.