I really appreciate you sharing this build with the world. I promised my Mom I'd make her a cremation urn for my step-father. I'm relatively new to woodworking and while I built a sturdy prototype box, I'm not entirely thrilled with the concept enough to use the nice hardwood I purchased for the project. I'm hoping some of the joinery techniques and finish feature methods you used here will help me over the hump. I feel terrible having not finished this project yet, but it's quite a heavy responsibility to create one's final resting place. Thanks again. I'm a new subscriber and am looking forward to seeing more of your work.
Beautiful result. It was nice to see you do something on a smaller scale. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family Joey, and thank you.
Great build mate, I am sure the lady will be very pleased they are a couple of beautifully made box's, hope you have a great xmas and look forward to seeing your projects for next year all the best 👍👍👍
One thing I have learned about urns that your viewers may need to know. Allow one cubic inch for each pound the person weighed when they passed, then add 10% to calculate the volume of the box.
They're great Joey. Love watching the smaller builds as much as the larger ones. Merry Christmas to you and the Family. All the best from across the ditch :)
as always presenting a beautiful work, as we say here in Brazil "stayed show"😂😂, congratulations to the videos, always success, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a great new year !!!
those are beautiful . urns and cremation will outnumber traditional coffin burials , current cemeterys are running near full capacity . i have not heard of any new boneyards being built recently.
Would love to have this man build one of these for my dad a Vietnam Vet who passed away, this is beautiful and I wish I had the tools to build it myself for him but I don’t and don’t want to buy just any urn, as this custom piece would be amazing as he was a woodworker his entire life. can someone help me get one built like this please?
I don't really care that much about grain filling as I'm not really ever after a glass smooth surface. Essentially just add a bunch of some clear filler (shellac,polyurethane,epoxy) and scrape/sand back until you have a dead flat and smooth panel. Then add the desired finish. Curly veneer tends to have a deeper open grain that can feel different from solid timber.
If it’s okay with you I’d like to make something similar for my wife’s ashes. She died in 2010 we’ll do her funeral when we do mine. I really like the legs & I’ll try to copy. I’ll have to do it the hard way, don’t have a CNC machine. We’ll make it work Thank you Sir
Hi, Joey. I have a question: Does the natural expansion of the woods (veneer and wood board where the veneer is glued) cannot cause cracks because they can be of different expansions? Did you do something to avoid this possibility? In addition, it was very beautiful. I follow always and like your work. Congratulations! Merry Christmas and a Great New Year!
Hi, so this is a big question. Firstly when veneering timber you must ad veneer to both sides to stabilize the board. Ideally use quarter sawn timber to minimize expansion . Remember the smaller the board the less it will move
