A couple of weeks ago Keith Mealy (I think) posted a link to a cremains cask for veterans.  I decided to build one so I selected a piece of slightly spalted black walnut for the lower section and a piece of burled walnut for the top.  Unfortunately, The burled piece wasn’t quite wide enough so I had to glue them but the results were beautiful.  The sides were sanded to 400 grit and the top was sanded to 1000. Oddly, it took 5 coats of GF Arm-R-Seal to get the look I wanted.

 On a slightly different note, I was honored this week by a sale on my Etsy store of a burial flag case.  It will hold the flag of a vet that died in 1945 in WWII.  I’m humbled by the privilege to build it.

I like the color and the grain pattern it turned out nice.

That’s beautiful. Very nice work. Where do you donate them to and are there specific dimensions ?

Paul

Beautiful work on both pieces.  

1 hour ago, Masonsailor said:

That’s beautiful. Very nice work. Where do you donate them to and are there specific dimensions ?

Paul

My son in law is a grief counselor/pastor for a group of funeral homes here in Indiana.  My plan is to work through them on the project.  Keith provided a link and I built the cask to those specs.  However, I’ve learned some things since this build.  This cask is a one size fits all cask and measures about 7 1/2” x 7” x 11” tall.  The interior volume is about 300cubic inches.  After a bit of reading I found out that a rule of thumb for a cremation cask is 1 cubic inch for every pound of living “flesh”.  A 200 pound person would need a cask with about 200 cu. in. Of interior space.  I think that the next cask I build will be a bit smaller. 

That walnut is spectacular, you did it proud!

1 hour ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

That walnut is spectacular, you did it proud!

It surely is spectacular! Gorgeous work, Ron. 

How does it open ?

Paul

4 minutes ago, Masonsailor said:

How does it open ?

Paul

 

I make mine solid in front and a couple of holders for rear like a picture frame.

8 hours ago, Masonsailor said:

How does it open ?

Paul

The bottom screws on.