Had an order for 3 buffalo nickel banks.  Since they do involve a lot of time and finishing I decided to make a few extra while I had everything all set up for each stage.  Each one (funny how it worked out this way - must be the magic resizing feature of Aspire) was cut from a single 1 x 12 x 48 Baltic birch glued up board that was on sale at Menards earlier.  Not as good as David Falkner's videos, but you people are smart and can put it all together.

 

Started by cutting the inside spacers for the $$ and the pieces for the cradles.  Then each side of the "coin" had to be cut.  This gave us all the pieces necessary for each bank.  Some glue, clamps, and a little cussing gave us the rough banks - ready for sanding and filling where necessary.  The two piece cradles lined up nicely, and a little time with the Ridgid oscillating belt sander (this is a life saver - $199 well spent) we were ready to finish.  A couple coats of Rustoleum aluminum metallic paint (this is some great stuff), two screws through the bottom and we have finished pieces.  The nice thing about the CNC is the same file is used over and over.  Everything lined up regardless of what pieces were used.

 

Edited February 18, 20188 yr by honesttjohn

They came out great, John. Are they able to be opened to get the money out? Hope they don't have to be destroyed,they are so nice.

Herb

Very cool John.

The 2 screws holding the cradle come out and there's an opening to shake the money out.  You can see it on the ones being finished.

7 hours ago, honesttjohn said:

The 2 screws holding the cradle come out and there's an opening to shake the money out.  You can see it on the ones being finished.

I see it now ,John, Pretty clever,That metallic paint really sets them off nicely. I bet those would sell. I hate change , I put it in jars and bury it in the back yard along with the coffee cans of cash.

 

Late to the show here, but can I say, flat out cool! I must say they looked really cool natural wood too, but then I am partial.

When I scrolled down more and saw they were painted silver that was completely cool, these would make terrific fundraising campaigns for schools and others.

On 2/18/2018 at 5:37 PM, Dadio said:

along with the coffee cans of cash.

This can't be true unless you've been hoarding coffee cans from last century. BTW...I have a "vintage" coffee can stashed somewhere...the old school kind you used a "key" to open.

Even later to this party John. IDK how I missed it...

These are VERY cool...amazing detail from the CNC of the coin face.

Wish I had one of those filled full of old Buffalo nickels or Mercury dimes.

1 hour ago, Grandpadave52 said:

This can't be true unless you've been hoarding coffee cans from last century. BTW...I have a "vintage" coffee can stashed somewhere...the old school kind you used a "key" to open.

Yeah they went to plastic ones. That was better they didn't rust out as fast and didn't have to be replaced as soon . Now they are down to K cups,don't hold as much cash.

Herb