I have been dreading doing this project but I got through it.  I have made cremation urns before but never for a close family member and never turned one on the lathe.  My nephew was a good man and sadly has left this world much too soon.  There are three urns here.  My sister wanted to bury the cremains.  His significant other and his brother wanted some to remember him by?  I was honored/tasked with the project and obliged them.  My sister gets the one on the left, his significant other gets the one on the right and his brother just wanted something small and gets the one in the middle.

 

 

He was an organ donor and a small bronze plaque was given with the remains saying so.  I set it in to the top of the one going to my sister.

 

 

This is the project I needed the Easy Wood Hollower for and it did a fine job.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Work and a fine tribute. Sorry for your loss.

My heart goes out to you for your loss.

 

My Mom has selected cremation. I am dreading the possibility I will be asked to make an urn.

Dan, first, let me say I  also am sorry for your loss. I can imagine this was a tough project. Just know, you did your nephew proud and have created heirlooms that will be treasured for many years. What a nice tribute.

 

Steve

The urns were definitely a labor of love. My son would have been 59 this month.

Dan sorry for your loss. Not the same but I made a casket for one of our dogs and had tears almost the whole time. It was my wife's dads dog.

sorry to hear this..

hearts to you and yours...

1st rate Dan...

My condolences to your sister, you and the entire family Dan.

Beautiful tributes and memorials from the hands and heart of a fine craftsman. God bless.

Dan, They turned out great, condolences to you sister and family. I am so sorry for your loss.

It certainly was a labor of love.

Mike

Thanks everyone.  Nice to know you care. 

I was just catching up on the posts and saw this...my condolences, also, Dan. I know that it is extremely difficult to lose someone you watched grow up and how difficult  this must have been for you. I'm sure that you making the urns adds so much more meaning for everyone.

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Dan;  I need to turn some urns for pets and some for human use. How did you determine the correct volume/size for the pieces ? I am sorry for your loss. Nice turnings.

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1 hour ago, Garyk said:

Dan;  I need to turn some urns for pets and some for human use. How did you determine the correct volume/size for the pieces ? I am sorry for your loss. Nice turnings.

 

Thanks Gary.  In this case I had the ashes but the calculation most commonly used is one cubic inch per pound of the living being.  Here is a link to a calculator.  Gives in cups and cubic inches.  Number of cups may be better for use in turned urns.

 

 https://www.artisurn.com/pages/urn-size-calculator

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the info Dan. I had a class with Mike Mahoney a while back @ Carolina Mountain Woodturners but we only covered the mechanics and didn't discuss the sizing. The ones we made were mini's. I got a "C" for technique, a "B" for persistence and an "A+" in blowing the bottoms out. I have the ashes for the pups but will have to guess at the larger one's.

Very nice. Sorry for your loss.

Sorry for your loss.

Beautiful work on the urns, I'm sure your attention to detail was appreciated.