which is best

[prezo1]

got a new project making a coffin shall i use mdf or oak.

[lordnacho]

What will the control panel look like?

[TopJimmyCooks]

If it were my coffin I prefer not to be buried in MDF.  Unless it was going to be a burden for my family, in which case, whatever. 

If you're going to paint it, mdf is fine. 

[javeryh]

I would think oak would last longer underground.

[HaRuMaN]

I would think oak would last longer underground.

Do you really care how long it lasts underground?  Expect someone to be digging you up?

[Donkbaca]

Why the hell would you want MDF?  Its ugly, heavy and can't handle moisture?

[javeryh]

I would think oak would last longer underground.

Do you really care how long it lasts underground?  Expect someone to be digging you up?

Not if I'm the guy in the box but rotting corpses smell like absolute horror and I will never forget the time I had to dig someone up who had been buried in the 60s - even with the hazmat suit on the smell was unbelievable.

[Hoopz]

I would think oak would last longer underground.

Do you really care how long it lasts underground?  Expect someone to be digging you up?

Not if I'm the guy in the box but rotting corpses smell like absolute horror and I will never forget the time I had to dig someone up who had been buried in the 60s - even with the hazmat suit on the smell was unbelievable.

 

Go on.

Hurricane prep.  He had to make sure he got to it first before the authorities.   

[javeryh]

In college I worked at a cemetery.  I buried 2-3 people every day - I had to dig the holes, prep the site, etc.  One day some lady died and wanted to be cremated and her will said she wanted to be cremated with her husband who had been dead since the 60s.  We dug him up and the coffin was so old and rotted that when we pulled it up it end up splitting and the bones fell out.  The smell was so so awful.

[jimfath]

Viking funeral for me... That boat will be made out of plywood too.

or

Donate my body to some star wars nerds and they can dress me up as Vader and reenact the end of Jedi on a pile of Plywood.

[prezo1]

i cant believe i got so many replies.

[TopJimmyCooks]

Let us know which material you end up going with. . .

[prezo1]

thought i would try this one,that way if someone wanted to dig me up they wouldnt be able to find me.

[Rick]

In college I worked at a cemetery.  I buried 2-3 people every day - I had to dig the holes, prep the site, etc.  One day some lady died and wanted to be cremated and her will said she wanted to be cremated with her husband who had been dead since the 60s.  We dug him up and the coffin was so old and rotted that when we pulled it up it end up splitting and the bones fell out.  The smell was so so awful.

I know what you mean.  When I first started at my job, around thirteen years ago, I was training onsite with one of our techs, and one of our machines was located at a place called "Med Tech".  Little did I know, they were responsible for disposing of "Hospital Waste".  (That's a nice way of saying "your spleen" and any other parts that come out of you when you're on the operating table.)  Well, it was mid-summer, hot as heck outside, and the way they do this is by using an "industrial autoclave".  The way this autoclave works is by using superheated steam to boil away at the stuff, until it's safe to dispose of in different ways.

So picture this.  I walk into the shop, which is easily 20 degrees hotter than outside, moist like a rainforest, and smells like DEATH.  (I can say "death" with great certainty, as my Dad was a Firefighter and came home with that same smell on him a time or two - easily recognizable, especially from his demeanor for days/weeks afterward.)  We were only in there for about 20 minutes, but the smell was on my clothes, and worse, in my skin, for the rest of the day.

I was pissed at the guy training at first, as we hadn't had lunch yet, but I thanked him later, because if we had eaten lunch prior to going in, I'm sure it wasn't going to be inside my stomach for long.

[prezo1]

So picture this.  I walk into the

In college I worked at a cemetery.  I buried 2-3 people every day - I had to dig the holes, prep the site, etc.  One day some lady died and wanted to be cremated and her will said she wanted to be cremated with her husband who had been dead since the 60s.  We dug him up and the coffin was so old and rotted that when we pulled it up it end up splitting and the bones fell out.  The smell was so so awful.

I know what you mean.  When I first started at my job, around thirteen years ago, I was training onsite with one of our techs, and one of our machines was located at a place called "Med Tech".  Little did I know, they were responsible for disposing of "Hospital Waste".  (That's a nice way of saying "your spleen" and any other parts that come out of you when you're on the operating table.)  Well, it was mid-summer, hot as heck outside, and the way they do this is by using an "industrial autoclave".  The way this autoclave works is by using superheated steam to boil away at the stuff, until it's safe to dispose of in different ways.

shop, which is easily 20 degrees hotter than outside, moist like a rainforest, and smells like DEATH.  (I can say "death" with great certainty, as my Dad was a Firefighter and came home with that same smell on him a time or two - easily recognizable, especially from his demeanor for days/weeks afterward.)  We were only in there for about 20 minutes, but the smell was on my clothes, and worse, in my skin, for the rest of the day.

I was pissed at the guy training at first, as we hadn't had lunch yet, but I thanked him later, because if we had eaten lunch prior to going in, I'm sure it wasn't going to be inside my stomach for long.

what has this got to do with my build

[Donkbaca]

What does your build have anything to do with BYOAC? 

[TopJimmyCooks]

what has this got to do with my build

you can't post here in a troll-ish fashion and not take a few shao-lin toe stabs to the funny bone.

Oh wait, you were serious about the coffin?  In that case the blood and guts story should be quite applicable.

[lordnacho]

Forum: an assembly, meeting place, television program, etc., for the discussion of questions of public interest.

Well, I'm more interested in rotting corpse stories than someone building a coffin.  Please continue.

Here's my story unrelated to building coffins: my stepfather used to be a salesman for funeral directors, he'd show me disturbing products like child sized coffins. 

[prezo1]

i only wanted to know what sort of timber to use.

[shrunkenmaster]

I find smoking cigarettes gets me a coughing.

[Donkbaca]

I hate coughing

[lordnacho]

This is getting a little off topic.

I'd go MDF - 1 player with a Ghosts and Goblins overlay.

[TopJimmyCooks]

In all seriousness, I need to know; Ipac or gpwiz.  I need to know where this thread is going or i am outta here.

[Donkbaca]

In all seriousness - MDF. The moisture from the ground should weaken it enough to make it easy to claw out of when I resurrect as a zombie

[TopJimmyCooks]

In all seriousness, get 2x2' examples of as many different panel and wood products as you can:  CDX plywood, OSB, advantech, wafer board, flake board, particle board, masonite, transite, glued up panels of 3/4" Oak, maple, pine, etc. ad infinitum, mount them securely in a sturdy frame, and test them all to see which one you can punch through while starting with your fist 1" away from the wood. 

Select the appropriate difficulty of punch through level (were you offed with buck shot, rock salt, bird shot, deer slug?) for your intended scenario and proceed with your build. 

[prezo1]

In all seriousness, get 2x2' examples of as many different panel and wood products as you can:  CDX plywood, OSB, advantech, wafer board, flake board, particle board, masonite, transite, glued up panels of 3/4" Oak, maple, pine, etc. ad infinitum, mount them securely in a sturdy frame, and test them all to see which one you can punch through while starting with your fist 1" away from the wood. 

Select the appropriate difficulty of punch through level (were you offed with buck shot, rock salt, bird shot, deer slug?) for your intended scenario and proceed with your build. 

i like this reply the best,but i have decided to use marble.
 

[Turvey]

Semi-serious question, has anyone made a MAME cab out of a coffin?

[Ond]

In all seriousness, I need to know; Ipac or gpwiz.  I need to know where this thread is going or i am outta here.

   ahh geez what a way to start the day, with this thread 

[prezo1]

Semi-serious question, has anyone made a MAME cab out of a coffin?

will let you know in my next life

[jimfath]

A quick google search brought up this Windows XP coffin.



I suppose Mame could run on that? The controls might be too stiff though.