Coin Box (Piggy Bank)

Here is another weekend project. This time it was a gift for a soon to be married couple.

Found some nice pieces of teak.

They where part of a previous project gone wrong. :)

As these pieces was already cut I just had to make use of what I had.

I worked on Length of 200mm, height of 120mm and width 140mm.

Then I cut 4 pieces of 200mm long and 120 mm wide.

and 2 of 140mm by 140mm.

I have Adjusted the my router to cut a recess around the edges that is 10mm from edge and 8mm deep.

Then cut the recess on all 4 sides of the 2end covers.

And reduce the width of 2 side to 110mm to fit in between the other 2 sides

Using the wood glue I glue all the sides except for the lid. Use clamps and leave to dry.

I have printed some Afrikaans words and stuck them to the side.

Using my Pencil grinder I had cut the word in to the side.

When that was done I painted the words Black.

After the paint had dried I sanded every thing.

Added the hinges.

Cut Key hole & groove for the Locking mechanism.

I Had a piece of copper pipe around.

I then cut it open flatten it.

The marked the desired shape.

The I cut and filed it to what I needed.

After sanding I use Teac oil wipe the complete box.