Coconuts
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Helmet for a small child,
Size 28" B armoured bra cups,
containers (I've seen zips sewn to coconut halves so they could be zipped/unzipped),
um, could they be stacked to make a knife handle?
spoon - use them for the bowl bit and fasten to another bit of wood
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Size 28" B armoured bra cups,
containers (I've seen zips sewn to coconut halves so they could be zipped/unzipped),
um, could they be stacked to make a knife handle?
spoon - use them for the bowl bit and fasten to another bit of wood
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The material is quite hard and takes a lovely polish. When finished it is dark and light brown with streaks, and makes great buttons. Just like I have on my shirt bought in Tonga 
a friend of mind bought some kind of hairpin (= used to hold the hair at the back of the head) in the shape of two turtles in vietnam; easy to replicate using hand tools....
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6NbCNA0mAtM
i hope the link works- if not: check the opening scene of "monty python and the holy grail".....
i hope the link works- if not: check the opening scene of "monty python and the holy grail".....
I made some serving/salad spoons. Carved the bowls of the spoons, mortise & tenon joint into a handle carved in the shape of a prawn body.
Just cut a slot in the handle and epoxyed the bowl tang into that.
Fresh/damp coconut shell is a dream to carve with no concern for cracking or shrinkage.
Dry shell is bone-hard. I wasted a lot, should have tried to keep it wet.
I didn';t have the spoon geometry clear in my mind so fumbled around a lot and lost the rest.
Just cut a slot in the handle and epoxyed the bowl tang into that.
Fresh/damp coconut shell is a dream to carve with no concern for cracking or shrinkage.
Dry shell is bone-hard. I wasted a lot, should have tried to keep it wet.
I didn';t have the spoon geometry clear in my mind so fumbled around a lot and lost the rest.
If you heat them up ( boil or steam) you can flatten the hard shell Then only your fantasy is the limit!
Green coconuts have a very thin, light brown shell, nice to laminate like plywood before you use it. The more mature, the thicker and darker.
Coconut "wood" is a great material, but needs to be infused with a hardening laquer first.
I am now in the process of making a wall ornament from the sheath that surrounds the coconut flowers ( before the nuts firm).
Green coconuts have a very thin, light brown shell, nice to laminate like plywood before you use it. The more mature, the thicker and darker.
Coconut "wood" is a great material, but needs to be infused with a hardening laquer first.
I am now in the process of making a wall ornament from the sheath that surrounds the coconut flowers ( before the nuts firm).
A Hawaiian bra?
Obviously relies on a certain breast shape and size, but coconut shells seemed to work well in the films of the 1950s.
Failing that, you could use them as rudimentary catapults if you add a bit of elastic.
Far better as a bra in my opinion... and the slogan could be 'Coconuts.... the ultimate breast protector!'
Obviously relies on a certain breast shape and size, but coconut shells seemed to work well in the films of the 1950s.
Failing that, you could use them as rudimentary catapults if you add a bit of elastic.
Far better as a bra in my opinion... and the slogan could be 'Coconuts.... the ultimate breast protector!'
Aye Up Forrestdweller,
Both the add and the film clip cracked me up -
I was going out but I think I'll break out the MP DVDs instead.
Both the add and the film clip cracked me up -
I was going out but I think I'll break out the MP DVDs instead.
One for front and one for back?
Back to topic before I get banned: you can make all sorts of nice containers from coco shells, water, food, strong drink...
Knife scabbards.
Yeah but I think the OP is about fragments (after the coconut's been cracked to get to the meat) That limits uses a bit. I wonder if there's any nutritional value to be gained from the shells? Tea? Ground into something else?
It is a shame they're not whole coconuts... if they were, they could be painted with little faces and with enough of them you could proclaim yourself as ruler of the coconut people.
And that thought leads me to believe that using spray varnish in an enclosed environment may well have had an effect on my thought process.
And that thought leads me to believe that using spray varnish in an enclosed environment may well have had an effect on my thought process.
