Got a ?

[DukeNukem]

Okay I've never made one and this would be my first attempt at a bowl too, anyway someone asked if I could make an ashtray out of wood? My wife found a few but my ? Is can you seal them with anything so they don't burn?😆😆😆

[NC Scroller]

Sorry. Nothing that I am aware of.

[LarryEA]

All ashtrays should have cigarette or cigar burns.  

Dip them in .... liquid tin... but then you lose the wood look.

^{_{... wood you should} not _{use to make an ashtray--- 'Fatwood'}}

_{^{... also, it's a rare piece of wood that wants to be an ashtray.}}   

Nothing that I know of. Sorry, I can't help. 

Edited December 28, 2016 by LarryEA

[Lucky2]

Jerry, there's nothing I know of, that will stand up to the heat of the cigarette coal. It will melt and burn, and there's always the possibility of the ashtray catching fire from an unattended cigarette. The box/dish your showing is far to deep to be used as an ashtray, it should be no higher then 1 and 1/2 inch high from the interior base.

Len

[WayneMahler]

I have no idea how this could be accomplished. Maybe a custom metal liner, but even then I would be afraid of heat transfer. On the decorative side I can see it. 

[hawkeye10]

Like Larry said all ashtrays should have burn marks. You could use epoxy I think that would hold up and you could clean it. I would use a black or clear epoxy. You could also use a wood like "hard maple" but the burn marks would look ugly. 

[JLawson56]

I have made a few.I haven't found anything that will hold up.

[merlin]

Nope...............

[Dan]

Find a nice glass tray and make a wood bowl to fit around it.

 

If just the asked go in the bowl I would think they wouldn't be hot enough to ignite the wood. Smoke a pack of cigs and lay them on a board to see what happens.

 

You could just make a bowl and give it to him with a fire extinguisher.

[hawkeye10]

Back in the day when it seemed everyone smoked I would see a lot of burn marks on wood tables and bars. None of them caught fire. Fire takes the path of least resistance so the tobacco will burn but the wood won't. Now I don't want anyone to lay a lit cigarette down on a wood table and go to bed.  

[JimErn]

As stated wood will show burn marks.

 

Take the bowl you make, get some tine glass beads (think sand blaster), or good decorative fine sand and fill it 3/4 of the way, if you can use a dremel with a small (3/8) drum and make depressions on each side to rest the cigarette on.

[DukeNukem]

Jerry, there's nothing I know of, that will stand up to the heat of the cigarette coal. It will melt and burn, and there's always the possibility of the ashtray catching fire from an unattended cigarette. The box/dish your showing is far to deep to be used as an ashtray, it should be no higher then 1 and 1/2 inch high from the interior base.Len

The only reason it's that deep is because I was thinking about telling them to put sand in it so the cigarettes wouldn't burn to the edge thanks for your help. Jerry

[DukeNukem]

Thanks everyone I appreciate all the input. Jerry

[ike]

It's not a good idea.

IKE

PS then smoking is not a good idea either.

Edited December 28, 2016 by ike

[heppnerguy]

  Maybe you could make some wood art that says "No Smoking"  and glue it to the top...Just being a wise guy.. I was going to suggest filling it with sand too..  but really I would not use it as an ashtray. Wood is a fuel, you know... might  just use is as a desk top decoration, instead

 

 

Dick

heppnerguy

[amazingkevin]

Okay I've never made one and this would be my first attempt at a bowl too, anyway someone asked if I could make an ashtray out of wood? My wife found a few but my ? Is can you seal them with anything so they don't burn?20161227_172551.jpg

Google has a lot of wooden ashtrays "wooden  ashtrays"

[DWSUDEKUM]

Okay I've never made one and this would be my first attempt at a bowl too, anyway someone asked if I could make an ashtray out of wood? My wife found a few but my ? Is can you seal them with anything so they don't burn?20161227_172551.jpg

No real need to seal them for that... fill them with real fine dry sand and you will not have a problem.  You could put a thick epoxy coating on the upper most edge but other than that the sand will take care of most of it.

 

DW

[DukeNukem]

It's not a good idea.

IKE

PS then smoking is not a good idea either.

I had to quote you on this and you're right smoking is not a good idea here's the thing I quit February 16 after 44 year of smoking and I feel great, anyway just wanted to throw that in. Jerry