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13th May 2019, 12:36 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Australian Red Cedar - Cremation Urn
Started the job last November, then we had the big monsoon wet ( 70" in 14 days) and the timber, although coated with oil before assembly, all cupped and warped. The timber sort of unwarped a bit after the big wet after being held flat in clamps fr a month before doing the glue-up.
This thing just did not want to be built, fought me at every stage. There is a hidden 4mm thick 8mm wide plywood spline inside the mitre joints, running the full 300mm height of the box. I had to put it aside several times, as the going was too tough and stressful. Box dimensions are 310H x 185W x 150D.
The lid and the base are both floating in slots on the sides, to allow the sides to expand and contract. These are the most cupped pieces, but I seem to have got away with it. A big pity I didn't have any quartersawn ARC.
The ashes come in a plastic box from the crematorium, and it is a snug fit inside the urn. Once the ashes box is installed, the lid is slid on, and the small upper rear piece glued into position.
The box is finished with many, many coats of Danish Oil, as I was unhappy with a lot of the finish, so would just lightly sand and re-do. Hence the high gloss finish, and the associated problems of photographing it without the reflections imposing on the finish. I found it very difficult to get uniformly coloured pics showing the true grain and colouring.
My Daughter-in-law did not want a name or cross, but was happy with an inlaid polished mother-of-pearl disc, 40mm diameter. It is to be located in her loungeroom on a shelf. The ashes were surprisingly heavy, so some care will be needed in positioning the urn
Many thanks to rustynail for his advice on finishing red cedar, and to Alex Springall and others for their suggestions with the urn design here
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13th May 2019, 12:56 PM #2
Maaaaate.....the fight was worth it!! To put together anything in Timber has to have a lot of thought about prevailing weather not only during construction but also where it will reside.
I put together an Island Bench in our kitchen. I used white board for the carcase and Blackbutt framed doors and panels with River Oak. The Blackbutt came from MM and has a very distinct grain which looks like a chequer board and the River Oak was salvaged from a pile of logs removed from the Peel River by the Council to access a pump on the river's edge. The Blackbutt was very hard and chipped out the grain as it went through the Thicknesser. So to get down to a smooth board I had to run the timber many times through the wide drum sander to get a good finish. The top was a slab a metre long and not quite wide enough to mount on the carcase. It also had a major defect which when I cut it out made it necessary to add a timber of similar colour to get the width. Over Christmas with the Evaporative Cooler on the tp even though it is 65mm thick cupped about 10mm but has since gone back to less than 3mm.
These are the joys of using "real" timber and the results out shadow the hassles during constructionJust do it!
Kind regards Rod
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14th May 2019, 08:53 AM #3
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15th May 2019, 10:46 AM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Joe,
A classic look, sort of Art Deco, and I love the MOP circle!
I know this box was important to you and your family so congratulations on achieving such a good result under such difficult circumstances.
Looking forward you your next box!
Brian
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