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Pope Benedict Casket - Danny in Houston - 01-05-2023
Hand cut dovetails?
RE: Pope Benedict Casket - AHill - 01-05-2023
I say no. Can't see any scribe marks. They are all exactly the same length. But, they could be. Wouldn't you want the best woodworker building a casket for a Pope?
RE: Pope Benedict Casket - Bill Holt - 01-05-2023
Of course, they are hand cut.
RE: Pope Benedict Casket - fredhargis - 01-05-2023
No idea (but i suspect they are) , but they are certainly well done.
RE: Pope Benedict Casket - Danny in Houston - 01-05-2023
The casket also has compound angles. If you have ever visited the Vatican it's easy to guess there are some very skilled craftsmen available.
Found this
And this
..the multiple coffins used are placed within one another. Following the Mass service of the late Pope’s funeral, Benedict’s cypress wood coffin was encased in a zinc coffin, followed by an exterior oak coffin, before being interred in the crypt beneath St. Peter’s Basilica that once housed St. John Paul II’s tomb.
RE: Pope Benedict Casket - 2beast - 01-07-2023
I wonder if our resident priest and woodworker, Fr Peter Tremblay built the casket
RE: Pope Benedict Casket - Handplanesandmore - 01-07-2023
Scribed lines tell nothing. Some remove them in handcut joinery while others add scribed lines after using a dovetail jig and router.
To me, judging from the slightly different tails (the blurry photo doesn't help), it was more likely cut by hand.
Simon
RE: Pope Benedict Casket - Stwood_ - 01-10-2023
(01-05-2023, 09:13 AM)Danny in Houston Wrote: The casket also has compound angles. If you have ever visited the Vatican it's easy to guess there are some very skilled craftsmen available.
Found this
And this
..the multiple coffins used are placed within one another. Following the Mass service of the late Pope’s funeral, Benedict’s cypress wood coffin was encased in a zinc coffin, followed by an exterior oak coffin, before being interred in the crypt beneath St. Peter’s Basilica that once housed St. John Paul II’s tomb.
3 compartments. It must be heavy
RE: Pope Benedict Casket - DieselDennis - 01-13-2023
(01-10-2023, 06:59 PM)Stwood_ Wrote: 3 compartments. It must be heavy
I was wondering why they had so many pallbearers. Now I know. No wonder they carry it up on their shoulders.