Pie safes – predecessors to iceboxes – had punched-tin panels that were often made from discarded tin cans. ... and lay out your pattern. Tape paper inside the pan, and punch your design.

Tin Punch Types. Sheets of metal used to make thicker objects, such as a vintage tray, require more elbow grease.It's not hard to design appealing patterns; working on a grid, just repeat lines ...

More so, in fact, because the elaborate, whimsical designs often punched in the tin panels of their doors have elevated the humble pie safe to a folk-art object.

A simple, free-standing cabinet, a pie safe held baked goods behind punched-tin panels that allowed air to circulate while keeping pests at bay. Today pie safes—like wood-fired stoves and oak ...

Back when baking meant building a fire and refrigeration meant an oak icebox, most kitchens had a pie safe, a simple cabinet with one or two doors. A pie safe held baked goods behind punched-tin ...

This softwood cupboard with painted and punched tin panels sold for $384 at Conestoga Auctions. It’s a pie safe, which is not something you would see in a kitchen today but was common in the ...