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I got an order for a pet urn from a customer who bought two of them before. I was told they were to be like the other two so I pulled the drawing and had the curly maple one built that day. Then he called and said the can of ashes was bigger and I was out of curley or birdsey maple. He settled on female box elder and that is what the second one is.

The small one is 6 1/4 square and 7" high. the big one is 7 1/4" square and 8" high. They are both finished with satin lacquer.
The laser lettering was done by LJ Kposty…Thanks Ken and Laura !

Cheers, Jim

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Beautiful. Fitting resting place for a family fur-person.
 

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These are very nice and I'm sure that they were satisfied. Nice work!
 

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beautiful tribute and just as nice urns. I just knew I liked the box elder best until I got a closer look at the curly maple -
 

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Sweet boxes for a sour occasion. Love me some box-elder. Probably the wood I most want to get some of.
 

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Very NICE / COOL…

How did you put the whole thing together?
Does this fit OVER another box the part holding the stuff?
 

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Thank you all for the nice comments.

Hi Joe. The lid comes off and you drop in the can full of the pet's ashes. Then the lid is glued in place. I left that area unfinished so the glue would penetrate.

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Cool urns Jim. Always a shame to loose your pet friends. These boxes should give them many remembrances.
 

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Very nice Jim, sure will be appreciated. Like the box elder.
 

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Great looking urns. I need to make a couple of larger ones. Hopefully they won't be needed anytime soon.
 

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Thanks Dave, Bob and Woodmaster1

Cheers, Jim
 

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Beautiful urns Jim…well done!!!
 

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Thanks ,Buster, They love it!!

Cheers, Jim
 

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Interesting order….There is no demand for such product in Croatia…yet
 

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Hi Ivan, over here the pets get treated better than humans! We are in lock down now in Michigan and the barber shops and hair salons are closed but the dog grooming places never were closed. make sense???

Anyway, when they cremate a pet , they put the ashes in a can with a lid on it. I make the urn so the can can be dropped inside.

cheers, Jim
 

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Urns aren't anything I want to talk to the family about but I think it might be a good idea to try making a few. Some of the members of my clan are really getting up there. I'll have to google this and see how you figure out volumes etc.
 

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Hi John. I had to make one a long time ago and I contacted the funeral hole to see the requirements. It is one cubic inch for each pound of the deceased. I have mine made and it holds 265 cubic inches. I hope I never get that heavy but with the curves I just estimated the internal size and want to err on the big side!

cheers, Jim
 

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Nice work Jim. The customers will appreciate those beautiful Urns. Beautiful wood too.

Regards.

Cliff.
 

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Thanks, Cliff….......Cheers, Jim
 

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Great job Jim.
 
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