Wonder if any of the wood workers in this group has ever made a coffin?

In this day and age with the amount of money people spend on pets I was
wondering if there would be any market for pet coffins? I see Rockler
sells hardware and has plans. I guess they could probably be marketed
through adds or displays at veterinary offices.
Bill T

Wonder if any of the wood workers in this group has ever made a coffin?

I've got three dogs (and one cat) buried in my side yard. I made boxes
from MDO, glued and screwed butt joints. It worked fine.

In this day and age with the amount of money people spend on pets I was
wondering if there would be any market for pet coffins?

I doubt there are enough folks out there to make this a paying
proposition. Also, since dogs come in a wide range of sizes, with far
more variation than with people, you'll need a wide range of sizes of
caskets.

wrote:
Wonder if any of the wood workers in this group has ever made a coffin?

In this day and age with the amount of money people spend on pets I was
wondering if there would be any market for pet coffins? I see Rockler
sells hardware and has plans. I guess they could probably be marketed
through adds or displays at veterinary offices.
Bill T

You can start by buying this:
http://tinyurl.com/kldgo

Somebody beat you to it:
http://www.thepetcasketshop.com

Check local ordinances, Most places in NJ it is a no-no to bury your
pet so getting cooperation through vets would be difficult here.

wrote:

Wonder if any of the wood workers in this group has ever made a coffin?

In this day and age with the amount of money people spend on pets I was
wondering if there would be any market for pet coffins? I see Rockler
sells hardware and has plans. I guess they could probably be marketed
through adds or displays at veterinary offices.

I got the Rockler plans a while back, looked them over, and didn't really
like them very much. Looked pretty but seemed rather flimsy. If you're
going to be marketing pet caskets rather that using one to bury Fido in the
back yard under his favorite tree then you need to look into applicable
regulations as well--I don't know if there are any but this being America
in the 21s Century it's better to be sure that there aren't than to tool up
for production and then have some bureaucrat shut you down.

Bill T

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--John
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(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

wrote in message
I doubt there are enough folks out there to make this a paying
proposition. Also, since dogs come in a wide range of sizes, with far
more variation than with people, you'll need a wide range of sizes of
caskets.


There is a market. A guy at work recently paid $500 to have his cat buried
in a pet cemetery.

The sizes are just variation on a theme. It may not be a full time job, but
I'm sure there is a market for it.

RayV wrote:
wrote:
Wonder if any of the wood workers in this group has ever made a coffin?

In this day and age with the amount of money people spend on pets I was
wondering if there would be any market for pet coffins? I see Rockler
sells hardware and has plans. I guess they could probably be marketed
through adds or displays at veterinary offices.


Somebody beat you to it:
http://www.thepetcasketshop.com

Hmmm. That looks suspiciously like a kitty litter pan with lid.
Certainly would make things easier.

Honey! The cat's dead!
Oh, my, that's terrible. Take out the litter pan when you take out the
cat.
{sound of light bulb blinking on}

R

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:52:36 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:


wrote in message
I doubt there are enough folks out there to make this a paying
proposition. Also, since dogs come in a wide range of sizes, with far
more variation than with people, you'll need a wide range of sizes of
caskets.


There is a market. A guy at work recently paid $500 to have his cat buried
in a pet cemetery.

The sizes are just variation on a theme. It may not be a full time job, but
I'm sure there is a market for it.

Yeah, there is a pet cemetary a few towns over and it is costly.

As far as the market, of course there is one. I buy most of my
hard-stock from a wholesaler and he once mentioned that a local
cabinet shop had an order from time to time....wealthy folks. And, I
Googled "pet caskets" and got back a bunch of merchant leads.

On 12 Jun 2006 04:37:31 -0700, wrote:

Wonder if any of the wood workers in this group has ever made a coffin?

In this day and age with the amount of money people spend on pets I was
wondering if there would be any market for pet coffins? I see Rockler
sells hardware and has plans. I guess they could probably be marketed
through adds or displays at veterinary offices.
Bill T


I made a walnut coffin for my parrot several years ago. I would not
purchase one because they are easy to make. I used walnut because
that's what I had on hand at the time of his death.

"RicodJour" wrote in message
ups.com...
RayV wrote:
wrote:
Wonder if any of the wood workers in this group has ever made a coffin?

In this day and age with the amount of money people spend on pets I was
wondering if there would be any market for pet coffins? I see Rockler
sells hardware and has plans. I guess they could probably be marketed
through adds or displays at veterinary offices.


Somebody beat you to it:
http://www.thepetcasketshop.com

Hmmm. That looks suspiciously like a kitty litter pan with lid.
Certainly would make things easier.

Honey! The cat's dead!
Oh, my, that's terrible. Take out the litter pan when you take out the
cat.
{sound of light bulb blinking on}

R


Dunno! Always bothers me when there's a glaring spelling error on the front
page of a website. I always wonder if they cut corners in proof reading
their content, what corners do they cut in their product.

"acomadate" should be accommodate - didn't bother to look any further AND -
IMHO, not having English as a first language is no excuse.

Vic

Just a quick note:

http://www.mhp-petcaskets.com/
http://www.thegingerboxtm.com/retail-information.htm
http://www.petsweloved.com/
http://www.urnsonsale.com/pet_caskets.htm
http://www.theoldpinebox.com/petcoffins.html
http://petcasketcasketsrus.com/category/17475

I guess it's been thought of already...all you need is a strong link with a
local pet cemetery, or if you enjoy competition, you can set up another web
site to market your product. )

--Jim
wrote in message
oups.com...
Wonder if any of the wood workers in this group has ever made a coffin?

In this day and age with the amount of money people spend on pets I was
wondering if there would be any market for pet coffins? I see Rockler
sells hardware and has plans. I guess they could probably be marketed
through adds or displays at veterinary offices.
Bill T

I have not made any coffins for animals but Idid make an urn for my bosses
cat found the plans on Google

Al

wrote in message
oups.com...
Wonder if any of the wood workers in this group has ever made a coffin?

In this day and age with the amount of money people spend on pets I was
wondering if there would be any market for pet coffins? I see Rockler
sells hardware and has plans. I guess they could probably be marketed
through adds or displays at veterinary offices.
Bill T

Shipping within 24 hours? What do you do, put the pet in the freezer
until the casket arrives?


RayV wrote:
wrote:


Somebody beat you to it:
http://www.thepetcasketshop.com

lol.. kinda morbid


Al


"Mapdude" wrote in message
.. .
Shipping within 24 hours? What do you do, put the pet in the freezer
until the casket arrives?


RayV wrote:
wrote:


Somebody beat you to it:
http://www.thepetcasketshop.com

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:14:40 GMT, "Vic Baron" wrote:

Dunno! Always bothers me when there's a glaring spelling error on the front
page of a website. I always wonder if they cut corners in proof reading
their content, what corners do they cut in their product.

"acomadate" should be accommodate - didn't bother to look any further AND -
IMHO, not having English as a first language is no excuse.

Vic

Bothers me that they don't write their pages with software that includes a
spell-checker...

Welcome to the 90's...


I have to add, since I'm in the biz, that it's mostly the fault of whoever built
the site...
Most people have one built instead of doing it themselves, it's usually more
cost effective..
Mac

https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm

"Mapdude" wrote in message
.. .
Shipping within 24 hours? What do you do, put the pet in the freezer
until the casket arrives?


That is what the vet does until the weekly pickup time. A guy at work had
his cat die in December and it was in the freezer until spring burial.
OR http://www.kanyak.com/ckettle.html

Ihave both versions on here I love the the cats in the kettle even have a
little cartoon of it..

Al

"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
. com...

"Mapdude" wrote in message
.. .
Shipping within 24 hours? What do you do, put the pet in the freezer
until the casket arrives?


That is what the vet does until the weekly pickup time. A guy at work had
his cat die in December and it was in the freezer until spring burial.
OR http://www.kanyak.com/ckettle.html

On 14 Jun 2006 19:45:27 -0700, wrote:
You might want to make urns for these cremains, as they are called.

Suggest a high quality product. These pets mean an awful lot to their
owners. Shoddy work will kill you fast. Sell through veterenarians.

How about offering a service where they email you a photo, and you
tastefully carve the dog / cat's image & name onto a panel on the urn.

Owamanga wrote:
On 14 Jun 2006 19:45:27 -0700, wrote:
You might want to make urns for these cremains, as they are called.

Suggest a high quality product. These pets mean an awful lot to their
owners. Shoddy work will kill you fast. Sell through veterenarians.

How about offering a service where they email you a photo, and you
tastefully carve the dog / cat's image & name onto a panel on the urn.


Yeah, I like that idea a lot.

Eric