Way back from S. Jenkins' bbq I came back with a big leaf maple blank which I turned. I posted it a couple of months back when it was all finished except for a final coat of clear danish oil. I am going to repost that picture here.
Anyhow, after the posting of the almost finished product, while I was applying the final coat of oil, the durned thing slipped out of my hand and hit the concrete deck of the shop. It had been turned to 1/8", closer to 1/16" at the rim, and it shattered like a piece of glass. I got disgusted, set it on a shelf and just looked at it for the past couple of months. I just couldn't bring myself to trash the blasted piece.
I finally got this "brilliant" idea of reshaping most of the upper part of the vessel (the part that shattered) and making it look like a sort of natural edge bowl without the bark. SWMBO said she really likes it, I'm not so sure. I have posted the result here, was it worth the effort?
Wolf