Building an urn

[lambeater]

Been building an urn out of walnut for a buddy of mine that passed away from brain cancer recently. The wood has been air dried for 30 years and belonged to his dad. Got to dry fit it today, still lots of finishing to go. Don't have a Domino yet so I used my mortise pal with extensions for the wider material. Did get to use all my other festool though.
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[PeterK]

Truly a labor of love for that project. Nice!

Sure wish walnut grew down here - hard to find and PRICEY!

Strange things in the South---
Here in Louisiana you have to have a casket to be cremated. Also, you have to purchase the casket from a funeral home. State Law! Recently been complaints about that as you can't make your own nor can you make to sell. A group of monks that make caskets have been petitioning the state to get it changed but no luck so far.

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Maybe it'll change when they bury the law!    [big grin]

 

[DavidCBaker]

Very nice! I really like the sense of design with those nice curves and varying thicknesses. I presume you used a bandsaw, too, for the sides?

 

[DustyLeigh]

Where do you get those extensions for the mortise pal? I've been looking for this solution for the mortise pal.

 

[honeydoman]

well that looks really nice... to bad your buddy is not around to see it....  you have  urned  his respect !

 

[lambeater]

Very nice! I really like the sense of design with those nice curves and varying thicknesses. I presume you used a bandsaw, too, for the sides?

Thanks for the replies guys, lots of individual pieces cut and glued. The curves and tapered pieces were cut on the bandsaw. Some curves were cleaned up on the router table using jigs and the rest were sanded with my ETS-125

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