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Don Wattenhofer

Serial 25023 Model UTD0811262 Cremation Urn Butternut

8" (203mm) Diameter X 11" (280mm) high 262 Cubic inch internal volume solid Butternut body segmented Butternut lid 3" 8TPI thread finished with Danish Oil and tan Briwax.
The photo was taken with my Iphone and shows up vertical on the phone's "Photos". This is the first time I have had this problem as you would see if you looked at my media.
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I fixed the sideways pictures using the photo gallery image editing tools. You can access these editing tools by clicking on the three dots followed by a down arrow located below the image description at the far right of the screen. A drop-down menu will appear. Click on ’’Edit image’’. Then you can use either the left or right rotation tool. Each click rotates the image about 15°.

The cause of the problem might be that your phone camera rotation lock is turned on. Another possibility is that the camera line-of-sight is tilted down enough to create an error in portrait/landscape orientation.
 
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Scott Hargrove said:
That's an interesting grain pattern. I'm not familiar at all with butternut. Is this piece stained or is that natural color? Where does butternut grow?
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I am not sure what the native range is but growing up in Nordeast Minneapolis we had one in the front yard and the tree is still there. The butternut tree is also referred to as white walnut. The nuts when the squirrels started knocking them off had a very sticky fuzz that eventually turned black.
The tree that this came from was growing about 10 miles south of my current home about 200 miles northwest of Mpls in what is known as the "lakes area". The friend that had the tree asked me if I wanted a walnut tree and when I got there realized that it was white walnut.
The wood is softer than black walnut and has similar coloring to the BW, except lighter tan color. The urn is turned from the whole round and the pith is visible in the base and that is part of the reason for the grain pattern. The scalped outer rings also add interest to the grain. The urn does not have any stain however the DO does make it darker especially on the end grain areas. The lid is made up of multiple layers finished with CA so the combination of face grain and CA finish makes it appear lighter.
 
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Don Wattenhofer said:
I am not sure what the native range is but growing up in Nordeast Minneapolis we had one in the front yard and the tree is still there. The butternut tree is also referred to as white walnut. The nuts when the squirrels started knocking them off had a very sticky fuzz that eventually turned black.
The tree that this came from was growing about 10 miles south of my current home about 200 miles northwest of Mpls in what is known as the "lakes area". The friend that had the tree asked me if I wanted a walnut tree and when I got there realized that it was white walnut.
The wood is softer than black walnut and has similar coloring to the BW, except lighter tan color. The urn is turned from the whole round and the pith is visible in the base and that is part of the reason for the grain pattern. The scalped outer rings also add interest to the grain. The urn does not have any stain however the DO does make it darker especially on the end grain areas. The lid is made up of multiple layers finished with CA so the combination of face grain and CA finish makes it appear lighter.
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I figured from the grain pattern that it was a whole round, but still the change from the side grain to end grain is really striking, more so than any wood I've worked with. I've lived in NJ, WA, Peru, FL, and now GA and I've only heard of a butternut, but I've never seen one or the wood.
Your lid is very nice. I was just asked today to make an urn for a dear old friend that recently passed away. I'm planning on using mostly some of the large live oak I've got lying around, with some other wood (maybe maple?) for some contrast. Your very nice filial with the sharp contrasting colors might be copied somewhat...
 

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