Not quite a funnel...

[Joe Fisher]

But close :)

A while ago I made this salad serving bowl for my neighbor:

http://www.fisherwoodcraft.com/images/bowl_081406_1.jpg

Now I'm working on a set of salad bowls for her. She couldn't decide if she wanted natural edge to match or normal edges. So I made a coupla prototypes (all from sycamore):

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While hollowing the NE one I stopped the lathe to use my digital calipers (apologies to Bill G :) ) to feel the thickness of the walls. "Uh oh." I was sure it was going to be a funnel, but after turning it around on the friction chuck and being veeerrrrrrry gentle, I ended up with:

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:D

-Joe

[Bernie Weishapl]

Don't ya just hate that. I did the same thing on 2 of 10 bowls for the kids. Momma has those two on the table for candy bowls. :p

[Robert Mickley]

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt MANY times :D:D

Wait till you do it on a maple burl :rolleyes:

[Lee DeRaud]

The way I know I've gotten the bottom too thin is when I use the laser to sign the base...and can read my name from either side. :eek: :mad: