Silvan wrote:
Daddy had gotten the bottom too thin, and when I parted it off, I only left
1/32" of wood in the bottom of the bowl. It wasn't enough to handle the
stress once I got down that far into it, and the bowl was lost.

The caliper I sent has a depth rod built into it. Try using that, with
the lathe stopped, and leave yourself 1/2" of bottom. After you part
it off, there'll be a lot less than that. Don't worry about the bowl,
there's more where that came from. I'm glad nobody got hurt.

Dave In Fairfax
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