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As most of you probably know I make funeral urns. I got a request last week for a tiger maple urn (which I had in stock), and a request for 5-micro urns out of the same wood. These were so that family members could have a small portion of the fellow's ashes. They wanted the large urn to be engraved with the Marine emblem, the fellow's name and dates. I have someone locally to do the engraving.
I did not have the micro urns made so I had to hustle and get those done. They wanted those to look similar to the main urn.
Here is what I produced. They were a pain to make because I had to keep my fingers out of the saw blade. Also when sanding after putting in the corner splines a regular orbital sander would round over the corners. I used an oscillating flat sander to do that sanding. The size was 1 3/4" H by 2 1/4" by 3".
I applied several coats of Zar polyurethane diluted 50/50 with mineral spirits. Then I applied a coat and sanded it while wet with 600 grit wet / dry sand paper in the random orbital sander. Then applied a couple more coats of poly.
The funeral home said the customer loved them. I get request for the micro urns about once a year.
The wood I used for the main urn, I can't find that quality any more. I used about 300 board feet over the past years. It is hard tiger maple.
My neighbor was in the Marines during the Viet Nam War so he contacts me often wanting urns for his buddies.
I have funeral urns in 16 states, Arlington National Cemetery and Quantico Marine Base Cemetery.
Malcolm / Kentucky USA
I did not have the micro urns made so I had to hustle and get those done. They wanted those to look similar to the main urn.
Here is what I produced. They were a pain to make because I had to keep my fingers out of the saw blade. Also when sanding after putting in the corner splines a regular orbital sander would round over the corners. I used an oscillating flat sander to do that sanding. The size was 1 3/4" H by 2 1/4" by 3".
I applied several coats of Zar polyurethane diluted 50/50 with mineral spirits. Then I applied a coat and sanded it while wet with 600 grit wet / dry sand paper in the random orbital sander. Then applied a couple more coats of poly.
The funeral home said the customer loved them. I get request for the micro urns about once a year.
The wood I used for the main urn, I can't find that quality any more. I used about 300 board feet over the past years. It is hard tiger maple.
My neighbor was in the Marines during the Viet Nam War so he contacts me often wanting urns for his buddies.
I have funeral urns in 16 states, Arlington National Cemetery and Quantico Marine Base Cemetery.
Malcolm / Kentucky USA
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