On Apr 21, 7:59 am, (Michael Lane) wrote:
Has anyone ever made a wooden urn for burial ashes ?
I looked at some on the web & all they appeared to be is a plain square
box that is sealed.

thanks in advance
michael lane

I haven't made one myself, but one of the guys in my woodturning club
made one for his wife before she passed. His wife always admired his
work and knew how important his woodturning was to him, so she asked
him to turn her an urn for her ashes.

When he approached the funeral home for their advice, they gave him
the state requirements for the urn. It had to be of a certain
internal dimension, seal a certain way and so on. If the vessel
didn't conform to the minimum requirements, it would have been illegal
for he funeral home to use the urn. The funeral director was able to
inspect the urn on behalf of the state before interring the ashes, so
all went well.

I don't think there is a requirement for pet urns, but for human urns,
you should check with the proper authorities before starting.

Robert