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Segmented and colored Urn/Lidded Vessel

I really like your threaded lid solution. Great work!
 
Any chance of some additional information - wood species, coloring process, details on the threaded component, etc.?

Beautiful piece. It looks like there are more than 16 stacks of rings, does the 16 indicate segments per ring?
 
Kirk,
It's a 16 segment per ring. Sorry for the confusion. I use Artisan dyes from Craft Supplies. I start with a black base coat, sand it back, then use several different colors randomly, then wash that back with DNA. Finally, finish with 14 coats of wipe on polyurethane. It's definitely a process;).
I'm making the rings from brass plumbing parts. PM me if interested. The wood used is hard maple, 1/2" thick.
Thanks for your questions.
George
 
You might consider getting a threading jig to do away with the insert since you probably can't find a better wood to cut threads in. Segmented rings are all side grain so they are the best for thread cutting with the least amount of distortion due to movement with the seasons.
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This is an urn in segmented walnut with a 10TPI thread.
 
georgeconklin said:
Hi Paul,
I'm making them. PM me if interested.
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If you are making the brass inserts then you must have a machinist lathe so all you would need to cut the threads directly into the wood is an adaptor to mount the woodturning chuck and an adaptor to hold a small router to the cross slide. This setup works for both internal and external threads and if you want to cut long external threads use a 60 degree dovetail mill mounted at a 30 degree angle on the cross slide. The wood will expand and contract with changes in humidity so a coarse thread with more tolerance is best.
 
Any of you two smart fellas - Don and George - or others - care to give a more detailed description and secrets of your threading process to the unknowledgeable rest of us? Both brass and wood?
 
Glenn C Roberts said:
Any of you two smart fellas - Don and George - or others - care to give a more detailed description and secrets of your threading process to the unknowledgeable rest of us? Both brass and wood?
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Hi Glen,
I copied this from a different post, "I make them from a shower drain. The pieces needed are already threaded. I just cut them to size and machine the rough casting." I don't actually do any threading on the brass. That's way beyond my skill level.
 
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