Basic casket building at its best. The author's simple approach teaches the tools and techniques needed to build strong and beautiful coffins for pets and people.
By Dale Power w/ Jeffrey B. Synder.
Color photos illustrate every step in creating three coffins for pets and three for people. Several different box construction techniques are revealed. Includes detailed plans.
64 pages, soft cover.
Customer Reviews and Photos for:
Do-It-Yourself Coffins Book
1) Submitted by
Jean O'Donnell, from Liberty, TX
on 3/26/2009
Customer Rating:
My husband and I have decided to be buried the day we
die. We want to bypass the undertaker and leave the money for our heirs. They can have a memorial service after that. I hate to see the undertaker drive a Mercedes and my son driving a Volkswagon. The quality of the coffin would be in the hands of the carpenter. Our son is a good cabinet maker. I carried him 9 months in my womb; surely he can build something for my tomb. Billy Graham's wife Ruth was buried in the same type coffin built by prisoners and it was beautiful. I find no fault with the book. I think it is great and my son likes it and he knows his stuff.
2) Submitted by
George Vreeland Hill, from Los Angeles, CA
on 5/13/2007
Do-It-Yourself Coffins, is a complete book that shows you how to make beautiful professional coffins.
The results are amazing!
The book is easy to understand, and you will love what you created.
I recommend it because you can do it too.
3) Submitted by
Baxter Saxby, from Chardon, OH
on 4/3/2008
Customer Rating:
The plan itself was good but I had some difficulty with my craftsmanship. It is embarassing to say that I accidentally nailed it to my wife's hardwood floors in the kitchen. Why I was working on it in the kitchen to begin with is another story. Anyhow, I couldn't get it apart in time and we had dinner guests over. My wife tried to intercept them before they reached the door but her friend looked in and saw the coffin and screamed bloody murder. We talked them into coming inside eventually and I actually sat on the coffin while we ate. It was awkward but funny. Later that night my kid actually slept in the coffin. We put a little pillow for him in there and everything. We got him good later though when we nailed the top down (around 2am.) He woke up in a rage. Banging on that lid like a husband that sees the milkman's wagon parked in the driveway too long. Anyhow, plans worked out good and I would use the site again.
4) Submitted by
Jack Middendorf, from Cincinnati, OH
on 1/10/2008
I first bought this book and found that the "coffins" were actually poorly made boxes that looked like they were put together and finished by children.
I then ordered the "wooden casket plan" from Rockler and found those plans quite helpful. Instead of milling all the lid lumber and trim myself, I found that the "off the shelf oak base boards and trim from [local home center] worked very well.
5) Submitted by
Keith Talley, from Sneads Ferry, NC
on 10/4/2007
Customer Rating:
It is made very cheaply and does not represent a quality product. It's more what you would expect in the old West.
6) Submitted by
Patrick Walls, from Booneville, AR
on 11/7/2007
Customer Rating:
The quality of these finished caskets is not that of a master carpenter.I would be embarrased to put my name on the cover of this book. I wasted my money.
7) Submitted by
Hal Malecha, from Eugene, OR
on 12/27/2007
Customer Rating:
A very simple rendition of a "how to" book. Good for beginners, but too basic for anyone beyond. I don't recommend this book for the simple reason you can get as much information from a picture.
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