Wooden Banks You Can Make: Ready-to-Use Patterns & Complete Instructions for 32 Clever Banks - Softcover

Helm, Harvey E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565231732 ISBN 13: 9781565231733

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

Here are over 30 easy-to-make, wooden bank designs for the woodworker. They're perfect for use and even better to give away as special gifts to friends, children, and grandchildren. As a child growing up, you no doubt had a piggy bank or somewhere to store your pennies in a cleverly-designed shape. Perhaps it was in the shape of a pig, or even a cat! And maybe you wished you had it in another design. Each DIY piggy bank in this book features a creative plug that is an integral part of the original design. Each design has a unique and fun way to retrieve your money: for the rooster bank, take off his wing; for the teapot bank, open the lid; pull the leg off the rabbit bank to gain access to your precious coins. Each pattern comes with full-color photographs of the finished banks as well as shop-tested patterns, making cutting the wood easy and the assembly a simple process. Inside the book, you'll also find some basic information on tools, pattern layouts, and tips on purchasing the correct wood. That will have you designing these easy-to-make, DIY banks in no time. Author Harvey Helm started making piggybanks as something fun to do with his high school students. These are some of the other 30+ designs in the book: *Angel Bank *Bear Bank *Bunny Bank *Cat Bank *Clown Bank *Elephant Bank *Hole In One Bank *Native American Bank *Music Note Bank *Panda Bank *Piggy Bank (Harvey's first design) *Puppy Bank *Turtle Bank *Whale Bank *Train Bank * Moose Bank *Teapot Bank *And many more! With this book and these amazingly fun banks, you'll be inspired to create gifts that can last generations.

About this title

About the Author

Woodworking has followed Harvey throughout his entire life. He received a teaching degree and taught high school industrial arts. Many of the bank patterns in this book were developed as projects for his students. The Piggy Bank on page 40 was the first bank that Harvey designed specifically for his students. Currently retired, Harvey lives in Florida with his wife of 40 years. He enjoys making scrolled gifts for his family, especially his 10 grandchildren. In addition to substitute teaching in the local high school's industrial arts program, he is also an advisor on woodworking for the Florida chapter of the Blind American's Association.

From the Back Cover

Hide your pennies in these cleverly disguised and easy-to-make banks! Thieves will be hard-pressed to find the plugs that keep your money safe in these scroll saw and bandsaw banks. Each bank features a plug that is an integral part of the original design. Want to get money out of the rooster bank? Take off his wing. Need some change from the teapot? Open the lid. Looking for a dollar in the rabbit bank? Pull the leg. Full color photographs of the finished banks and shop-tested patterns for both the scroll saw and the band saw make cutting and assembly easy. The author also includes basic information on tools, tips on purchasing wood, and ideas for pattern layout that will have you designing your own banks in no time.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565231732
• ISBN 13: 9781565231733
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 72