I am looking for plans for a simple coffin. You know the kind you
would see in the old western movies. They would taper out from the
head to about the shoulders and then taper back in to the feet. Any
help or suggestions would be appreciated.
I do not have much time left!!
I couldn't resist the previous line.
On Aug 29, 8:01 pm, trvlnmny <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am looking for plans for a simple coffin. You know the kind you
> would see in the old western movies. They would taper out from the
> head to about the shoulders and then taper back in to the feet. Any
> help or suggestions would be appreciated.
-- I do not have much time left!!
I used to know of a website that had coffin plans but the link seems
to be dead.
-- I couldn't resist the previous line.
Me either.
On Aug 29, 8:01 pm, trvlnmny <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am looking for plans for a simple coffin. You know the kind you
> would see in the old western movies. They would taper out from the
> head to about the shoulders and then taper back in to the feet. Any
> help or suggestions would be appreciated.
> I do not have much time left!!
> I couldn't resist the previous line.
Look here: http://wayneofthewoods.com/coffin%202.html
Don't ever laugh when a hearse goes by,
Or you may be the next to die.
They wrap you up in a bloody sheet,
And bury you under about six feet.
All goes well for a couple of weeks,
But then your coffin begins to leak.
The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out,
The worms play pinochle on your snout.
Your stomach turns a slimy green,
And puss comes out of you like whipped cream.
You lap it up with a piece of bread,
And that's what you eat when you are dead.
On Aug 29, 10:28 pm, "sweet sawdust" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Haven't thought of that one for years!"DerbyDad03" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>
> > On Aug 29, 8:01 pm, trvlnmny <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> I am looking for plans for a simple coffin. You know the kind you
> >> would see in the old western movies. They would taper out from the
> >> head to about the shoulders and then taper back in to the feet. Any
> >> help or suggestions would be appreciated.
> >> I do not have much time left!!
> >> I couldn't resist the previous line.
>
> > Look here: http://wayneofthewoods.com/coffin%202.html
>
> > Don't ever laugh when a hearse goes by,
> > Or you may be the next to die.
>
> > They wrap you up in a bloody sheet,
> > And bury you under about six feet.
>
> > All goes well for a couple of weeks,
> > But then your coffin begins to leak.
>
> > The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out,
> > The worms play pinochle on your snout.
>
> > Your stomach turns a slimy green,
> > And puss comes out of you like whipped cream.
>
> > You lap it up with a piece of bread,
> > And that's what you eat when you are dead.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
I don't know why, but I find myself singing "The worms crawl in, the
worms crawl out" lines every now and then. Just one of those things
that has stuck with me for all these years.
DerbyDad03 <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Aug 29, 8:01 pm, trvlnmny <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I am looking for plans for a simple coffin. You know the kind you
> > would see in the old western movies. They would taper out from the
> > head to about the shoulders and then taper back in to the feet. Any
> > help or suggestions would be appreciated.
> Look here: http://wayneofthewoods.com/coffin%202.html
The other day, I was thinking about the old west era and these types
of coffins. Not so much about how to make one of these coffins
myself, but about who, in that era, actually made the coffins. Would
an undertaker of the era, also be the one to make those coffins? Or
would the undertaker typically buy them from some other craftsman?
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> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:25:37 -0500, "Michael Faurot"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>DerbyDad03 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On Aug 29, 8:01 pm, trvlnmny <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > I am looking for plans for a simple coffin. You know the kind you
>>> > would see in the old western movies. They would taper out from the
>>> > head to about the shoulders and then taper back in to the feet. Any
>>> > help or suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>>> Look here: http://wayneofthewoods.com/coffin%202.html
>>
>>The other day, I was thinking about the old west era and these types
>>of coffins. Not so much about how to make one of these coffins
>>myself, but about who, in that era, actually made the coffins. Would
>>an undertaker of the era, also be the one to make those coffins? Or
>>would the undertaker typically buy them from some other craftsman?
>
> An undertaker would prepare the body, and typically without embalming.
> The coffin making was often done by a woodworker or furniture maker.
> It is not so unusual for a woodworker to make his/her own coffin or
> for a family member. I'm fine with it, but some might think it a bit
> ghoulish.
I seem to remember reading in Landis' The Workbench Book, that the
relationship in those days between craftsman and client was of the cradle to
grave variety and the craftsman would show up at the interment to drive the
nails into his (former) client's coffin. No word on whether he actually
made the coffin, but it would seem logical.
jc
trvlnmny wrote:
> I am looking for plans for a simple coffin. You know the kind you
> would see in the old western movies. They would taper out from the
> head to about the shoulders and then taper back in to the feet. Any
> help or suggestions would be appreciated.
> I do not have much time left!!
> I couldn't resist the previous line.
>
Try here:
http://www.mhp-casketkits.com/casket_plans.php
And here is a toast for a young person, just for the hell of it:
May your coffin be made of the finest wood from a 100 year old
oak tree,...which I plan to plant tomorrow.
--
Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX
trvlnmny wrote:
> I am looking for plans for a simple coffin. You know the kind you
> would see in the old western movies. They would taper out from the
> head to about the shoulders and then taper back in to the feet. Any
> help or suggestions would be appreciated.
> I do not have much time left!!
> I couldn't resist the previous line.
>
I have NO PLANS for one in the near future :)
regards
John
Michael Faurot wrote:
> Phisherman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> An undertaker would prepare the body, and typically without embalming.
>> The coffin making was often done by a woodworker or furniture maker.
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
>> It is not so unusual for a woodworker to make his/her own coffin or
>> for a family member. I'm fine with it, but some might think it a bit
>> ghoulish.
>
> That's not a bad idea--make my own coffin or urn. May as well make
> it myself, with the wood, joinery and finish I want and have it
> come out the way I want it to, rather than have a family member
> shell out a fortune for something made at a factory that I probably
> wouldn't like anyway. :)
I wasn't planning on needing one myself... :)
--
Phisherman <[email protected]> wrote:
> An undertaker would prepare the body, and typically without embalming.
> The coffin making was often done by a woodworker or furniture maker.
Thanks for the info.
> It is not so unusual for a woodworker to make his/her own coffin or
> for a family member. I'm fine with it, but some might think it a bit
> ghoulish.
That's not a bad idea--make my own coffin or urn. May as well make
it myself, with the wood, joinery and finish I want and have it
come out the way I want it to, rather than have a family member
shell out a fortune for something made at a factory that I probably
wouldn't like anyway. :)
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"Michael Faurot" <[email protected]> opin'd thus:
>DerbyDad03 <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Aug 29, 8:01 pm, trvlnmny <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > I am looking for plans for a simple coffin. You know the kind you
>> > would see in the old western movies. They would taper out from the
>> > head to about the shoulders and then taper back in to the feet. Any
>> > help or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>> Look here: http://wayneofthewoods.com/coffin%202.html
>
>The other day, I was thinking about the old west era and these types
>of coffins. Not so much about how to make one of these coffins
>myself, but about who, in that era, actually made the coffins. Would
>an undertaker of the era, also be the one to make those coffins? Or
>would the undertaker typically buy them from some other craftsman?
That's why the undertaker and the furniture maker often shared a
building . . . .
--
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until you hear them speak
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:40:22 -0600, Don Fearn <[email protected]>
wrote:
>"Michael Faurot" <[email protected]> opin'd thus:
>
>>DerbyDad03 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On Aug 29, 8:01 pm, trvlnmny <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > I am looking for plans for a simple coffin. You know the kind you
>>> > would see in the old western movies. They would taper out from the
>>> > head to about the shoulders and then taper back in to the feet. Any
>>> > help or suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>>> Look here: http://wayneofthewoods.com/coffin%202.html
>>
>>The other day, I was thinking about the old west era and these types
>>of coffins. Not so much about how to make one of these coffins
>>myself, but about who, in that era, actually made the coffins. Would
>>an undertaker of the era, also be the one to make those coffins? Or
>>would the undertaker typically buy them from some other craftsman?
>
>That's why the undertaker and the furniture maker often shared a
>building . . . .
Early 20th century found many of the furniture stores that doubled as
the local undertaker. There are still family owned businesses that are
in both furniture and funeral operations albeit separate locations
these days.
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:25:37 -0500, "Michael Faurot"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>DerbyDad03 <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Aug 29, 8:01 pm, trvlnmny <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > I am looking for plans for a simple coffin. You know the kind you
>> > would see in the old western movies. They would taper out from the
>> > head to about the shoulders and then taper back in to the feet. Any
>> > help or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>> Look here: http://wayneofthewoods.com/coffin%202.html
>
>The other day, I was thinking about the old west era and these types
>of coffins. Not so much about how to make one of these coffins
>myself, but about who, in that era, actually made the coffins. Would
>an undertaker of the era, also be the one to make those coffins? Or
>would the undertaker typically buy them from some other craftsman?
An undertaker would prepare the body, and typically without embalming.
The coffin making was often done by a woodworker or furniture maker.
It is not so unusual for a woodworker to make his/her own coffin or
for a family member. I'm fine with it, but some might think it a bit
ghoulish.
Haven't thought of that one for years!
"DerbyDad03" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Aug 29, 8:01 pm, trvlnmny <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I am looking for plans for a simple coffin. You know the kind you
>> would see in the old western movies. They would taper out from the
>> head to about the shoulders and then taper back in to the feet. Any
>> help or suggestions would be appreciated.
>> I do not have much time left!!
>> I couldn't resist the previous line.
>
> Look here: http://wayneofthewoods.com/coffin%202.html
>
> Don't ever laugh when a hearse goes by,
> Or you may be the next to die.
>
> They wrap you up in a bloody sheet,
> And bury you under about six feet.
>
> All goes well for a couple of weeks,
> But then your coffin begins to leak.
>
> The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out,
> The worms play pinochle on your snout.
>
> Your stomach turns a slimy green,
> And puss comes out of you like whipped cream.
>
> You lap it up with a piece of bread,
> And that's what you eat when you are dead.
>