Andrew Pitonyak
07-17-2017, 11:05 AM
I am making an urn for a friend's Mother (as in to hold the Mother's remains). I was thinking about adding a plaque, but I know nothing about plaques. I was thinking about having some brass engraved, was thinking something like:
In Loving Memory
Person's Name
Dates
Is that something that someone on the creek might be able to do (I can post it to the classifieds), I don't even know how to find someone that would do that sort of thing.
OK, now on to the URN itself. The first question, size. The remains were delivered in a bag, in a tin, in a cardboard box. I decided to make a box that would hold the existing tin. I could have made a smaller box if I make id large enough for simply the bag. I can still do that by pulling the bag from the tin and then simply cutting the bottom of the box if that is decided.
Mahogany was requested. I chose African Mahogany. I toyed with the idea of using 45 degree miters so that the box would be seamless all the way around (I used one piece of wood). I decided to use dovetails. In this image, I am cutting the pin board. I like the height provided by the Moxon vise.
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So, any gullible sorts believe that it fit right off the saw? I normally would have made that wood thinner, but I left it thick. Still don't know if that was a good or a bad decision. I decided that it would take more abuse thick.
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I decided that I should use some oak for the top and the bottom. I cut a dado for the top then a rabbit so that the top would be flush with the sides. The bottom is cut beveled on the edges, I think it makes it look better.
I am currently applying Waterlox Original finish, I will post a picture of that latter.
In Loving Memory
Person's Name
Dates
Is that something that someone on the creek might be able to do (I can post it to the classifieds), I don't even know how to find someone that would do that sort of thing.
OK, now on to the URN itself. The first question, size. The remains were delivered in a bag, in a tin, in a cardboard box. I decided to make a box that would hold the existing tin. I could have made a smaller box if I make id large enough for simply the bag. I can still do that by pulling the bag from the tin and then simply cutting the bottom of the box if that is decided.
Mahogany was requested. I chose African Mahogany. I toyed with the idea of using 45 degree miters so that the box would be seamless all the way around (I used one piece of wood). I decided to use dovetails. In this image, I am cutting the pin board. I like the height provided by the Moxon vise.
364005
So, any gullible sorts believe that it fit right off the saw? I normally would have made that wood thinner, but I left it thick. Still don't know if that was a good or a bad decision. I decided that it would take more abuse thick.
364006
364007
I decided that I should use some oak for the top and the bottom. I cut a dado for the top then a rabbit so that the top would be flush with the sides. The bottom is cut beveled on the edges, I think it makes it look better.
I am currently applying Waterlox Original finish, I will post a picture of that latter.