Thom Sturgill
05-09-2015, 9:50 AM
I have been called upon by close friends to make an urn for someone who passed too early. I had to ship the urn before I had pictures, so the intermediary just took some for me. Cherry and maple body with Honduran Mahogany top. The dome is glued on with a stepped or rabbitted connection so plenty of glue surface since it is cross-grain. The body joints are all long grain to long grain, so should be stable. The base is treated similarly to the top and due to the small size, movement should not be an issue.
There are no end-grain to side grain only connections, though it may appear so from the outside..
About 12" tall.
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The lid is attached with PVC threads set in epoxy and are not screwed tight as they will stick and possibly lock. The immediate family has not seen the urn yet, they will pick it up Monday. I made it at the request of an aunt who took the pictures for me. The pewter inset on the top covers a screw hole. The dome blank was originally held by a screw chuck and the cap piece came out of the blank where the screw chuck hole was.
There are no end-grain to side grain only connections, though it may appear so from the outside..
About 12" tall.
313237313238
The lid is attached with PVC threads set in epoxy and are not screwed tight as they will stick and possibly lock. The immediate family has not seen the urn yet, they will pick it up Monday. I made it at the request of an aunt who took the pictures for me. The pewter inset on the top covers a screw hole. The dome blank was originally held by a screw chuck and the cap piece came out of the blank where the screw chuck hole was.