[Woodworkers] The saddest kind of woodworking, an urn...

Sat Jan 14 11:25:47 PST 2017

I've been meaning to chime in on a lot of the recent email threads but just
haven't. I need to get a round tuit.

First let me say what nice work we've seen from several of our members -
Joe, Gary and Doug come to mind - but I know there are more. And Joe, thank
you for hosting this site but also for your documentaries, your stories,
your , . um, embellishments(?). They do keep us coming back.

On a downer note: part of why I haven't posted much (or gotten much work
done in the shop) is because I've had the shingles. Please, please, please
if you are old enough (age 50 to 60) and haven't gotten the shot yet please
do. The pain is out of this world and there is one thing they don't talk
about on those commercials - "pain after shingles". There is a technical
name for it but I don't have it right now. The commercials tell you that 1
in 3 people will get the shingles. The shingles and its' associated rash
last typically 7 to 10 days and is very painful. What they don't tell you is
that 12% to 15% of the people who get the shingles will have the rash go
away but the pain will linger --- for 12 to 18 months! Guess which group I'm
in. I woke up on the morning of June 29th with the shingles rash. I
immediately went into NowCare and the doctor prescribed an antiviral
medication. I took the antiviral, the rash went away but it was still
extremely painful. The doctor has me on a fairly high dosage of a nerve pain
medication which is helpful in masking the pain but does not completely
control it. Luckily the medication is non-narcotic. So, hopefully, 6 to 12
months from now I'll be kicking up my heels again. Again, please get the
shot, it's not a guarantee but it may help.

Lastly, on what is a sad note but also a celebratory note here's a picture
of the urn I made. When my Mother and Father passed away within a couple of
months of each other I needed to make a duplex, if you will. So, thinking
outside the box I made . a box! Seems like most people think of an urn as a
turned container and I considered doing that but, since there was going to
be 2 residents whose lives were so intertwined for so many years, I wanted
to do things like dovetail joints and book-matched panels to symbolize the
love and life the 2 shared. I used cherry and curly maple, my 1 regret is
that I should have used a darker wood than cherry but with time it'll
darken. I'm not offering to make one (see the above shingles reference) but
I wanted to offer a possible different approach.

Take care all! (Get that shot!)

Smitty aka Scott Rohan-Smith

Missoula, MT

Doh, a beer I want a beer

Ray, the guy who buys me beer

Me, the guy whom Ray buys beer

Fa, a long way to go for beer

So, I think I'll have a beer

La, La la la la la la

Ti, no thanks I'll have a beer

And that will bring us back to Doh! Doh! Doh!

From: Woodworkers [mailto:woodworkers-bounces at lists.sawdusters.org] On
Behalf Of via Woodworkers
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 4:45 PM
To: serversage at gmail.com; woodworkers at sawdusters.org
Subject: Re: [Woodworkers] The saddest kind of woodworking, an urn...

Brian

I've never turned a urn, but would be glad to give it a try. Just let me
know what I can do. My lathes are all rated as 12", but in reality, you can
probably turn 10.5" on the inboard side.

Gary Williams

Mechanicsville, VA.

In a message dated 1/11/2017 6:42:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org writes:

Hi Fellow Wood Junkies -

This last weekend some very good friends of mine had a baby boy. 36 
hours later the baby passed away. The father and I have been great 
friends for over 15 years, and his wife is an absolutely amazing person. 
My wife and I want to do something special for them, and the father's 
brother asked me if I wanted to chip in on an urn. Then it hit me, you 
folks (unlike me) have actual talent!

Would any of you be interested in possibly doing an urn? We are going to 
obviously let the parents choose what urn they want (either from the 
funeral home, or a custom one), but I thought I would see if a gorgeous 
hand crafted urn was possible (considering both time and price).

If you are interested and could shoot me an example so I can show them 
along with the price I would REALLY appreciate it.

Thanks folks!

-Brian
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