Incense Coffin

Nice design, beautiful wood. Your friend definately brought out the best in your creativity.

-- Paul, North Dakota, USAF Ret.

Really nice. Beautiful material and appropriate design and of course fine workmanship.

-- Paul M ..............the early bird may get the worm but it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese! http://thecanadianschooloffrenchmarquetry.com/

Nice work, fine workmanship.

Nice work. I love curly maple ;-))

-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

beautiful wood and finish

-- There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. ~William J. Clinton

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

-- Kiefer https://www.youtube.com/user/woodkiefer1/videos

sorry

-- Kiefer https://www.youtube.com/user/woodkiefer1/videos

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

-- I'm not old. Just "well seasoned".

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!