Dale Gregory
02-01-2008, 10:21 PM
This is the 2nd spalted maple bowl I've messed up. I made a funnel out of the first one. This one is 13" x 7", Danish Oil and buffed. It had some thin cracks starting from the edges in. I got it down to about 3/8" and blam, a small catch and then there was two....pieces that is. One piece still attached to the chuck and one bounced off my face shield, no injuries other than pride. Separated from one of the original cracks to another on the opposite side. You can see the line in the photo. I let it sit for a few days, then glued it back together and finished it for practice. I was playing with the side design and kind of looks like a bee hive. The LOML likes it even with the filled in crack. In the right light it kind of looks like a long spalt line. I didn't get a super tight fit when re-gluing it and if you hold it up to the light some parts of the glue line look clear which makes it look like.......well a crack again! Should have used black epoxy, and should have filled the cracks before turning, lesson learned. Thought you might enjoy the adventure.
A question for you all, I was turning this to give to my friend who saved me a few pieces from his tree before the city hauled it away. My wife said it looks good, go ahead and give it to him. I'm on the other fence, kind of feel funny giving someone a piece that has been repaired. What are your thoughts?
Dale
A question for you all, I was turning this to give to my friend who saved me a few pieces from his tree before the city hauled it away. My wife said it looks good, go ahead and give it to him. I'm on the other fence, kind of feel funny giving someone a piece that has been repaired. What are your thoughts?
Dale