Choose a pig-shaped bank with a clear window, an animal silhouette or a carved front for a small box. Explore real maker builds, open their shared designs and start a coin-slot layout in Easel.
Creating an Easel account is free. No credit card required.
Start from a blank workpiece
Watch a new blank workpiece become a rectangular bank body with a circular recess and a narrow slot connecting it to the top edge. Set the outer rectangle to an outside outline cut and the circle and slot to pocket cuts. The native 3D preview shows the recess taking shape. This is a starting layout, not an assembled bank: size the slot for your coins, leave enough wood behind the pocket and add a removable cover before making yours.
Creating an Easel account is free. No credit card required.
A clear face lets you see the coins collect. Painted animal shapes make a colorful gift, while a box leaves room for a carved scene. Choose the construction and finishing work you want to try.
Piggybankby RK KjoersvikA pig-shaped bank keeps the growing pile of coins visible through its clear face. The maker lists acrylic, maple and pine. Six native workpieces contain the supplied parts and layouts; use them as a starting point for your chosen stock and window material.
Piggy Bank Frontby Kacper MarciszAdd a carved pig-and-coins scene to a small cedar box. Marcisz made the test front in cedar, then kept that wood for the finished box. The shared file supplies the relief front, not the box sides or coin slot. Build those separately for the size you choose. Carving this 3D relief in Easel requires Easel Pro.
Animal coin banksby Sarah MilneMilne turns animal silhouettes into painted MDF coin banks. Her instructions link two separate Easel files for the animal parts. Open both from the project instructions and follow the assembly tutorial; the first preview alone is not the full set.
See more coin-bank projects in gallery search →
Creating an Easel account is free. No credit card required.
From maker notes and discussions
Read the discussions without an account. Log in to post a question; replies are not guaranteed.
Batton describes changing his letter bank to accept a glued-on back rather than hollowing out all the wood. A layered bank can use a thin back and thicker pieces around the coin space. His E bank uses a thin luan back, pine layers and an acrylic front. Choose the layer thicknesses together so the coins have room to collect.
Comment by william batton: read the source.
From Letter Bank "E" by william batton.
Ask a questionMarcisz warns that a larger 3D carve can take a long finishing pass, and calls out bit step-over as part of that decision. Before scaling up a decorative bank front, compare the estimated carve time with the detail you want. A larger carving is not simply a larger box.
Comment by Kacper Marcisz: read the source.
From Piggy Bank Front by Kacper Marcisz.
Ask a questionCreate a free Easel account to copy a shared design and adjust it for your project. No credit card required.
Creating an Easel account is free. No credit card required.
