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Over the past week or two I've been working on a little bowl turning it from some ironwood a friend sent me. Being this was my first experience with this wood and not knowing how it would turn, it's been slowly progressing. Well I got it almost finished. Inside turned and sanded, outside turned and sanded all that was left was to finish off the bottom. I really liked the calabash rounded look for the bottom so I would need to chuck the piece to have full access to the bottom. A doughnut chuck seemed to be the best option.

 

When I turned the lip, I knew it was a little thin, but it felt solid. Light passing thru the lip/side transition-

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I was so proud  of myself-

 

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Nice shape, sanded much better than I usually do.

 

And then it happened-

I was just ready to switch over to the Easy Wood Finisher when I got a catch-

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The force of the catch cracked the rim lip-

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Too much time invested in this little bowl to pitch it out. But how to remount it? The tenon is gone and the rim is uneven. After some thought and 15 minutes of US Navy adjectives, I repurposed an old lathe jig into a jamb chuck adding a piece of rubber for friction/protection.

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Made a flat on the bottom of the bowl and then glued it to a wooden faceplate. After the glue set, I realized I should have made a "paper"glue joint for easier removal later.

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Not sure what I'm going to end up with- certainly not what I originally envisioned when I started!

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1 minute ago, lew said:

Done. I see them now, too.

Lew, I don't know what happened, but I did see the images come in at the server level for this new batch you uploaded. I could not find the ones you submitted yesterday on our server, go figure. I have checked the topics and posts that have been submitted in the last 24 hours and this one seems to be the only one with a missing image issue. No reason whatsoever. This does concern me though.

Thanks for your patience sir.

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