Rookie Mistake #1

[Tom Megow]

I was finishing bowls. When I finished I realized it was a mortised bottom not a tenon bottom.Rookie mistake! I was VERY thin. It was going on my failure pile. I thought maybe I could fill the tenon and save the bowl. I had some walnut laying around so I cut a 2" circle and glued it in.The bottom is solid now. I think the walnut is a nice contrast to the Crepe Myrtle
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[charlie knighton]

over come.....walnut looks good....you might always use a thicker piece (of walnut or whatever) and pull up the tailstock, turn the walnut to finish and cut off nub where tailstock holds piece, always use tailstock when possible

[Tom Megow]

That's what I did i think, I cut a 3/4" thick circle of walnut, glued it in and put my cone live center against it. I cut cut away most of it except the nub.

[Paul Williams]

Been there, Done that, as I suspect most of us have cut too close to the bottom of a bowl.

[Thom Sturgill]

I made a pedestal bowl (sometimes called a compote) for the same reason once. Didn't quite cut through the center but it was paper thin. Used epoxy as a gap filler and turned a tenon to fit the mortice.