Pet Urn

[micharms]

The photo shows a pet urn I made out of spalted maple and ebonized maple. I taught myself to hand chase threads so the lid screws on to secure it. I used boxwood for the insert for the female threads and corian for the male threads. I finished everything with 3 coats of Minwax Antique Oil finish followed by 6 coats of Deft Lacquer. Buffed with tripoli and white diamond and then a coat of ren wax. This is the piece that I was buffing when I blew the electronic drive on my lathe.

By my estimate it should be able to hold the ashes of up to an 80 pound pet.

Thanks for looking and all comments and critiques are welcomed.

Michael

 

[Nate Davey]

Beautifully done Michael. The finish is great and doesn't distract from the beauty of the wood. Thread chasing is one of the things I want to try,

 

[Rangertrek]

That is very nice work. I like the shape and the lid. Excellent finish and nice use of the vessel.

 

[LouCee]

That's a beautiful piece. Nice shape and finish. The ebonized lid looks great and works well with the spalted maple.