Urn

[Mike Golka]

Here is the finished urn I posted ealier in a thread started by Curtis Roche. The stopper has treads made from plumbing fittings. I'm not entirely happy with the cross on the top, a small piece of wood chipped out of the hole edge on the upright portion, I may give it another try.
15" tall and 8" in dia. Cherry,maple and bloodwood. Finish is Tung oil. Comments and critiques welcome.

[Joe Watson]

Really like the shape and the "cross plugs" that rap the middle.
What did you use to drill the holes in the center segments (for the "cross plugs") ?
As far as the "plugs" go... what did you do... router four grooves in a "dowel" then glue four more dowels to that, then turn and cut-off to size ? i like them alot :)

[Allan Ferguson]

There is a lot of work in that and it looks really good.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great looking piece Mike. I do like the cross.

[Bill Bolen]

What a great piece. One can sure tell a lot of thought and planning went into its creation.

[Mike Golka]

Thank you all for the kind words. Joe the feature ring is made by drilling holes and then filling the holes with plugs made with these (http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=42292&cat=1,180,42288&ap=1) plug cutters as shown in the attached pic.

[Bill Walsh]

Thats beautiful Mike, theres hours of work in this piece. Really like the feature ring. Thanks for showing

[Joe Watson]

...Joe the feature ring is made by drilling holes and then filling the holes with plugs made with these (http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=42292&cat=1,180,42288&ap=1) plug cutters as shown in the attached pic.Great, something else to buy :D
Thanks alot for the explanation and image.
You executed it very well, it completely makes the piece in my opinion.

After seeing your piece i searched around alittle and will be picking up (http://woodproducts.caldowel.com/) some dowels soon (nothing local here). I thinking a new lamp for my living room is in order and something like that plug style will look good.

Thanks again for the info.

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