Last week I turned a bowl from a lovely piece of Imbuya. There was a
small tool mark on it, which I thought would sand out but mindful of a post
here I took that last cut. Yep, I got a horrible dig, the bowl flew off
the lathe and when I examined it there was a deep gouge on the inside and
the dovetail recess had broken. I put the piece on the scrap heap.
Today being at a loose end I reverse chucked it and cut a new dovetail
recess only 2 mm deep, to my surprise it held in the chuck no problem. I
now have a nice bowl with vey thin walls and no recess. Can't show a photo
as I don't have a camera.

Tom

On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:53:13 GMT, "Sheila Dougall"
wrote:

Last week I turned a bowl from a lovely piece of Imbuya. There was a
small tool mark on it, which I thought would sand out but mindful of a post
here I took that last cut. Yep, I got a horrible dig, the bowl flew off
the lathe and when I examined it there was a deep gouge on the inside and
the dovetail recess had broken. I put the piece on the scrap heap.
Today being at a loose end I reverse chucked it and cut a new dovetail
recess only 2 mm deep, to my surprise it held in the chuck no problem. I
now have a nice bowl with vey thin walls and no recess. Can't show a photo
as I don't have a camera.

Tom

Good on you, Tom!

Maybe more important than having a nice bowl, you've accelerated your learning
curve... I'm always trying to learn and improve...

Isn't it amazing how gentle and careful your chisel technique is AFTER a catch?
*lol*




mac

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Hi Tom

Good going Tom

Sounds familiar,( never happens to me but I know someoneG) when
forced to make "shape revisions" the outcome is usually improvements in
our abilities and the turnings, just pushing the edge, it makes it
easier to go there next time, since we've been there already.

And we feel better having done a "revision" than having just finished
the work.

http://homepage.mac.com/l.vanderloo/PhotoAlbum27.html

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo

On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:53:13 GMT, "Sheila Dougall"
wrote:

Last week I turned a bowl from a lovely piece of Imbuya. There was a
small tool mark on it, which I thought would sand out but mindful of a post
here I took that last cut. Yep, I got a horrible dig, the bowl flew off
the lathe and when I examined it there was a deep gouge on the inside and
the dovetail recess had broken. I put the piece on the scrap heap.
Today being at a loose end I reverse chucked it and cut a new dovetail
recess only 2 mm deep, to my surprise it held in the chuck no problem. I
now have a nice bowl with vey thin walls and no recess. Can't show a photo
as I don't have a camera.

Tom

I haven't done much bowl turning (yet) but I do know in my cabinetwork
often times what seperates the experienced woodworker from the
inexperienced isn't that that don't make mistakes, they just know how
to recover from them better. =0 )

Congrats on your bowl.

Lenny
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