Urn building

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1 Planning and getting started

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...

2 Planning for second urn

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...

3 Making progress on urn #1

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...

4 Urn #2

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...

5 Urn sizing

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...

6 Progress on the second urn - sides

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...

7 Second urn -working on the top

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. ...

8 Progress and considerations for the base for the second urn

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 ...