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Decided I should take the last step to screw the base to the box to make sure that worked OK.  Good idea as it did not go as planned...sigh... For...

After discussing the base with my "client" (my husband), I'm going with a combination of maple with the walnut I had left from the project.  This w...

Continuing to work on the second urn.  I glued up the sides and top.  [20250324_135753.jpg] I used ½ pieces of the space balls (nice fit!) on the ...

I had glued up the "extra" pieces on the sides.  [Screenshot_20250318_171934_Gallery.jpg] Had to clean up but still have pretty good grain flow. ...

Although 3/8 wall thickness received a lot of support on the prior blog, and Splintergroup graciously outlined how I could get the top set (hope to...

From my research, each 1 pound equates to 1 cubic inch.  I have decided to construct the urns I'm building to accommodate the typical plastic tempo...

I started milling up some walnut for the next urn.  This one will be for my husband, and he picked out the board from what I had stocked up (used t...

I haven’t done a very good job with this blog so here’s an update on my urn-building journey. For several months I did not work on the urn as I was...

I'm still working on the first urn, but starting to plan for the second.  I think I'll need to get a new walnut board to allow me to have the top m...

This is more of a come along with me, and be willing to offer suggestions type of blog (input is always appreciated).  Not sure if I'll do this rig...