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Here's a pic of my new ground breaker coffin, which will be the feature of the next tutorial in the halloween prop building group



For those interested, the tutorial will begin posting in the next couple of weeks

oh that's pretty nice looking.... looking forward to the tutorial!

Nice!!!! and the scale is perfect for a graveyard.

Herman Secret, took a look at the tutorial on your web site and was able to build my own version of your ground breaker coffin in about two hours!!!

I admit, I cut a few corners -- didn't put in all the corner bracing in the main coffin, but I still want to thank you for your very detailed tutorial. The diagrams and dimension charts made building the coffin very, very easy.

Here are a few pics I took of my build.

Below: this is the scrap wood from an old pallet that I thought I would use. I used pallet board for the lid of the coffin and two lengths of old fence board for the sides.



Below: the lid construction with cross braces.



Below: finished lid and cut back panels for coffin.



Below: completed groundbreaker from the front.



Below: completed groundbreaker from the side.

Great job on the build TK, that the pallet wood lid looks better than mine !!

Glad that you found the tut of some use ... btw, keep the offcuts from the lid build, I will showcase a different lid using them

Excelent job TK421. And the wood is weathered so nicely already!

Originally Posted by Herman Secret

Great job on the build TK, that the pallet wood lid looks better than mine !!

Glad that you found the tut of some use ... btw, keep the offcuts from the lid build, I will showcase a different lid using them

Thanks, HS, I couldn't have done it so clean and quick if noy for your very clear tutorial. I owe you thanks for that one!!

I'll hold onto my "extra bits" and see what you come up with.

So ... what to do with the offcuts after the build ?

Here's a couple of pics of an alternate lid using the offcuts

Great tutorial HS! I like the one using the offcuts too - great idea. I'm hoping to finish mine up this weekend - I got sidetracked by other projects. Nice job on yours TK421. I like the weathered wood.

That's a great idea!! I love it.