another thing that works well is a band of silver, or brass, or bronze, or
even gold (gold filled sheet is not very expensive)
or cut a clean, or a purposefully ragged edge on both pieces and space them
apart with stainless wire, or ..... there are so many ways - one of the
pieces I have in a local gallery that I like a lot came about because I was
turning a thin walled ash bowl and there was a flaw in the wood, so the top
shattered - cut it straight and it shattered again - so I stopped and cut
the edges into a wave shape, colored it, and it looks really great - of
course I still need someone to buy it, but it looks good......


"charlie b" wrote in message
...
William Noble wrote:

one of the things you can do when you turn through the side of something
is
to stop and think - "how could I turn this into a feature" - for example,
insert a band of contrasting wood reshape inside and out, and glue the
top
back on

Great idea. Tried that. But when you have 1/8th inch walls - and
less
- and your in the hemispherical paft of the lid - and it's redwood
-well
the choices narrow down pretty quickly. But I tried anyway - and blew
up the rest of the lid (surprise!) SO - I removed the lip on the bottom
part and now I have - drum roll please ----- a short cup, desk
organizer,
small bonsai tree pot, . . .

Jim:

Do / did you own a Robland X31 or have a relative who lived/lives in
Tahoe
who makes guitars?

charlie b



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