Furneral urns

[John]

Has any one made a funeral urn.
I need some rough sizes to enable me to make an urn.
Have to make it quickly as my wifes funeral is next week.
Our family have suggested that it would nice to have one made of Magnolia as this was one of her favourite trees. I have had a blank for several years which came from a tree in our road.
John

[bodrighywood]

I have made several. Basically it needs to have a capacity of around 200 cubic inches. Shape and design is purely a matter of personal choice. How tight the lid is depends on what will be done with the deceased ashes, scattered, buried?  The ones I have put here were for the same person but the smaller one held ashes for scattering abroad whilst the larger one was the main one. Larger one had a capacity of 150 cu.in and the smaller one 75 cu in.

Hope that helps a bit.

[John]

Thanks Pete
Thats the sort of idea that I had
John

[Bryan Milham]

I've never made one but have read up on an American who makers them. To make them air tight he uses a 4" white plastic plumbing screw joint. You can cut most of it away as it's only the screw and washer part you need. These can be recessed into the wood and hidden.

[BrianH]

I have made 3 for close members of my family. I took advice from everywhere including the local crematorium. Although I followed the advice and the advised capacities increased each time none of mine had a large enough capacity to hold all the ashes. 3 litres was the last size I was given and I measured the capacity with rice. I glued the lids on but 1 had a carving on the top and so was loaded through the bottom.
Turning with tears in your eyes is also not good for your concentration but the sense of satisfaction afterwards is truly immense.
I'm sorry for your loss and wish you all the best with the project.
Brian

[burywoodturners]

Yes it must be a difficult project for you, and I am also soor for you loss.
Have you thought of using coopering as a technique? strips of wood glued to make a cylinder and capped top and bottom, I recently made a wool holder for my wifes crochet wool and it worked well, and saved a lot of wood.
Coopering is based on the way a cooper makes a beer barrel.
Ron

[John]

Thanks for the ideas.
This is my idea which I'm sure my wife would have approved.
The urn is made from Magnolia, this tree grew in our road and it was cut down several years ago it was one she always admired. The lid is English Walnut.
John

[Mike313]

Beautiful work.

[bodrighywood]

Glad you got this made and from a wood that has meaning. I am sure that your wife would be proud of and for you

Pete

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

Well done John.

[John]

Thanks for your help and ideas.
The urn was very well thought of by all who came to my wifes funeral. She had a very good send off.
John

[BrianH]

well done John. My thoughts are with you.
Brian