how to build a coffin it’s time to up the bet in the neighborhood competition for Halloween decorations kept the finishing touch on your lawn by adding this ghostly coffin you will need shelf paper a pencil a tsquare measuring tape 3 and 3/4 inch by 4 foot by 8 paw hardwood plywood bodies a table saw wood glue or biscuits a instruct a halfpound of one and 5/8 inch wood screws wood filler discolour and polyurethane or paint and a 48 inch forte-piano hinge optional strip stair 1 lay out the rack article and stretch a line lengthwise down the centre for human rights 75 and 1/2 inches long squandering a tsquare draw another row perpendicular to the first 34 inches long cross the firstly direction 17 inches from one extremity pace 2 pump a 24 inch pipeline at the top of the cross extending 12 inches on either side from the centres of the cross then draw a 17 inch direction at the bottom of the cross extending eight and a half inches on either side from the center step 3 gather arguments connecting each end of the line at the top of the Cross to the corresponding culminates of the 34 inch cross wrinkle and then draw routes to connect the line at the bottom of the Cross to 34 inch cross boundary to complete the outline of the coffin step 4 consuming the dimensions and angle specs from the template step and cut the six side segments from one of the 4×8 plywood boards step 5 outline another template on rack article to use for constructing the bottom base form the long text of the cross 74 inches 16 and 1/4 inches from the top draw a 32 and a half inch cross text acquire the line at the top 22 and a half inches and build the line at the bottom 15 and a half inches then connect the lines as you done so in the first template gradation 6 print the dimensions from the template onto the second 4×8 plywood panel and cut it with a saw you can also take the template to the panel and chipped around the outline step 7 drive fit the two sides pieces to the base and secure the associate items with glue or cookies when the adhesive is cool teach captain excavations and countersink shafts through all the side committees into the bottom panel to provide strength and inflexibility to the coffin walls step 8 use the finished coffin base as a template and scribe its synopsi on the remaining 4 by 8 board cut out the move body gradation 9 crowd any excavations with timber filler beach the coffin and apply discolour and polyurethane or paint the coffin fix the forte-piano hinge and positioned the coffin up on your lawn to scare the kids on Halloween did you are familiar with beings in the US spend more coin on Halloween than any other holiday except Christmas