Here is a picture of the latest bowl I tried to turn. It was very green - water flying off just while spinning (is that normal?). As you can see, it broke. That piece went flying off the latheright as I started to do my next pass. I could see that there was a crack in the bowl and that there was a knot in the rim. But I figured I was just practicing so that stuff wouldn't matter. My guess is that the gouge hit a weak spot in the crack causing it to break off. Plus, I was pretty close to the hole in the rim. Do you think it was the crack or the knot? I just want to make sure I don't do the same thing again. If I were standing a little more to the left, it could have really hurt me.
Thanks,
Stefan