I was at a friend's house today. He's a mortician. He was getting ready to
go to the dump and I noticed what looked like a coffin lid next to his
garage. Upon closer inspection, I saw it was solid cherry. Under it were
the sides of the coffin. I asked him what it was, just to be sure I wasn't
imagining things. He said it was a coffin used in cremation and that the
"customer" was a rather large individual so the sides and lid couldn't be
used. I asked if he was hauling it to the dump too and he said yes. He
must have seen the "are you outta your mind?" look on my face because he
said "Do you want it?" I said Heck yeah so we loaded up the pieces in my
truck. One of the sides is solid and the other is veneer ply for some
reason but the solid parts are big enough to make a real nice mission style
coffee table. I'll have to make it to sell though as my wife said it's not
gonna come in the house.... she's a bit squeamish about things like that for
some reason but anyhoo... I thought it was worth posting. :-)

Will

wood is wood. Wouldn't matter to me if it came from a slightly used
casket.

good for you!

-Dan V.

On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 17:32:05 -0800, "NorthIdahoWWer"
wrote:

I was at a friend's house today. He's a mortician. He was getting ready to
go to the dump and I noticed what looked like a coffin lid next to his
garage. Upon closer inspection, I saw it was solid cherry. Under it were
the sides of the coffin. I asked him what it was, just to be sure I wasn't
imagining things. He said it was a coffin used in cremation and that the
"customer" was a rather large individual so the sides and lid couldn't be
used. I asked if he was hauling it to the dump too and he said yes. He
must have seen the "are you outta your mind?" look on my face because he
said "Do you want it?" I said Heck yeah so we loaded up the pieces in my
truck. One of the sides is solid and the other is veneer ply for some
reason but the solid parts are big enough to make a real nice mission style
coffee table. I'll have to make it to sell though as my wife said it's not
gonna come in the house.... she's a bit squeamish about things like that for
some reason but anyhoo... I thought it was worth posting. :-)

Will

NorthIdahoWWer wrote:

coffee table. I'll have to make it to sell though as my wife said it's
not gonna come in the house.... she's a bit squeamish about things like
that for
some reason but anyhoo... I thought it was worth posting. :-)

Cool. Creepy. Sucky.

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I was at a friend's house today. He's a mortician. He was getting ready to
go to the dump and I noticed what looked like a coffin lid next to his
garage. Upon closer inspection, I saw it was solid cherry. Under it were
the sides of the coffin. I asked him what it was, just to be sure I wasn't
imagining things. He said it was a coffin used in cremation and that the
"customer" was a rather large individual so the sides and lid couldn't be
used. I asked if he was hauling it to the dump too and he said yes. He
must have seen the "are you outta your mind?" look on my face because he
said "Do you want it?" I said Heck yeah so we loaded up the pieces in my
truck. One of the sides is solid and the other is veneer ply for some
reason but the solid parts are big enough to make a real nice mission style
coffee table. I'll have to make it to sell though as my wife said it's not
gonna come in the house.... she's a bit squeamish about things like that for
some reason but anyhoo... I thought it was worth posting. :-)

Will



Good for you! Straight-up score on some good project cherry wood. Congrats!

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NorthIdahoWWer writes:
He said it was a coffin used in cremation and that the
"customer" was a rather large individual so the sides and lid couldn't
be
used. I asked if he was hauling it to the dump too and he said yes.
He
must have seen the "are you outta your mind?" look on my face because
he
said "Do you want it?" I said Heck yeah so we loaded up the pieces in
my
truck. One of the sides is solid and the other is veneer ply for some
reason but the solid parts are big enough to make a real nice mission
style
coffee table. I'll have to make it to sell though as my wife said it's
not
gonna come in the house.... she's a bit squeamish about things like
that for
some reason but anyhoo... I thought it was worth posting. :-)

Definitely worth posting. I think that's something I'd slip into the
shop when my wife wasn't looking--that is assuming she'd care, which
she wouldn't. That way, there's no reason for her to be squeamish
(again, an assumption: that you don't tell her the source of the wood
in her new table).

What the heck, I've slipped many tools into the shop without her
knowing. Why not wood, too?

Come to think of it, I have slipped wood into the shop. She has
this...... thing where she assumes if you buy a peice of wood, that
means you have plans to use it for a particular project.

I don't, always.


-Dan V.


On 2 Mar 2005 02:19:38 -0800, "Charlie Self"
wrote:

Definitely worth posting. I think that's something I'd slip into the
shop when my wife wasn't looking--that is assuming she'd care, which
she wouldn't. That way, there's no reason for her to be squeamish
(again, an assumption: that you don't tell her the source of the wood
in her new table).

"Dan Valleskey" valleskey at comcast dot net wrote in message
Come to think of it, I have slipped wood into the shop. She has
this...... thing where she assumes if you buy a peice of wood, that
means you have plans to use it for a particular project.

I don't, always.

So if you don't use it for a particular project, what do you do with it? =
Hoard it up, sell it for cash and then buy the tool you really want?

I think that's something I'd slip into the
shop when my wife wasn't looking--that is assuming she'd care, which
she wouldn't. That way, there's no reason for her to be squeamish
(again, an assumption: that you don't tell her the source of the wood
in her new table).


Well since my shop is my garage, it would have been hard to slip something
that big by her. If/when I get a separate shop, then that would be
easier... disassemble and cut it up before it could be discovered where it
came from.