Before and after of cedar funeral urn.  Rough turned the outside and then sprayed 4 VERY heavy coats of poly to retard drying.  Cut it in half and turned the inside leaving 3/8" wall and sprayed 4 coats of poly.   Glued back together and finished turned, sanded and sprayed 6 heavy coats of lacquer.  Because I woopsed on the cut and grain of two piece was a poor match I cut a 1/2" wide by 1/8" grove and filled with WoodEpox.  A 1 1/2" hole is in the bottom with plug which will be glued in once the urn is filled.  Normal size of a urn is 220 cubic inches.  I pour in rice until urn is full and the pour the rice into a container to find out the volume of urn.