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Title: Post office box door front used to make a coin bank
Post by: Jim Finn on April 22, 2017, 08:52:02 am

I made this oak coin bank using 3/8" thick oak.  Just a little scroll saw work in it.  I used a spray on poly, from a rattle can, for the finish.Quick and easy project.

Title: Re: Post office box door front used to make a coin bank
Post by: DWSudekum on April 22, 2017, 09:50:03 am

Nicely done bank Jim.  I like that.  Thanks for sharing this with us.

DW

Title: Re: Post office box door front used to make a coin bank
Post by: spirithorse on April 22, 2017, 06:32:23 pm

Nicely done, Jim,
Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Title: Re: Post office box door front used to make a coin bank
Post by: Intarsia92 on April 23, 2017, 12:03:18 pm

Very nice. Love the design, something you don't see very often.

Title: Re: Post office box door front used to make a coin bank
Post by: Danny on April 24, 2017, 06:25:42 am

Thats a find looking coin bank.  Is this your design? 
What is its dimensions?   From this view the overall
looks look Very much Top of the Line....  Great Workmanship....  Danny  :+}

Title: Re: Post office box door front used to make a coin bank
Post by: Jim Finn on April 24, 2017, 11:05:24 pm

  Thanks for the kind words.  I saw this design on another forum and patterned this bank after that.  It is 9" tall x 3 1/2" x 3 1/2".  Dimensions are dependant on the door size.

Title: Re: Post office box door front used to make a coin bank
Post by: Marcellarius on July 09, 2017, 02:57:59 pm

excellent and beautiful job, great look and finish.

Title: Re: Post office box door front used to make a coin bank
Post by: Jim Finn on July 09, 2017, 03:17:08 pm

So far I have sold two of them.  Two more left.  Lots of people admire them but few feel the need to buy a coin bank anymore.

Title: Re: Post office box door front used to make a coin bank
Post by: Coffeepot on July 11, 2017, 10:04:24 am

Quote from: Jim Finn on July 09, 2017, 03:17:08 pm

Lots of people admire them but few feel the need to buy a coin bank anymore.

Yes, too bad there are many that miss out on the value of saving. 
I have a similar issue selling bookends...kind of a passing need.  Sigh.

Still a great looking piece of work, Jim.

What I want to know is where from did you "steal" the post office box door?  ;)

Title: Re: Post office box door front used to make a coin bank
Post by: Jim Finn on July 11, 2017, 05:47:48 pm

The post office offered old PO Box fronts for sale to postal employees and the general public, years ago.  I got mine from the widow of a postal worker.  I see there are plenty of them offered on e-bay.