Tristan Croll
17th November 2000, 07:45 PM
I was turning a bowl recently, and (as sometimes happens) when I was just about finished it caught and cracked most of the way down one side. I patched it up with epoxy, but it came out looking, well, like a bowl that had been patched up with epoxy. So, with nothing left to lose, and needing to work off some stress after an exam, I decided to do something a little drastic. This (http://web.one.net.au/~litebook/carved.JPG) is the result. I have to say I'm quite pleased with it, on the whole.
Lessons learned:
Don't be afraid to experiment
Don't carve too far down the end grain (it's unfortunately quite weak now)
I also got a chance to see exactly how even my wall thickness was - turned out to be quite even at about 2mm, which I'm happy with. In hindsight, this may have been a bit thin for this blank, which already had a few small cracks (it started off as an 8x4 sleeper which I salvaged).
Comments? Tips?
Thanks,
Tristan
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Cogito cogito, cogito ergo sum
- I think that I think, therefore I think that I am
Lessons learned:
Don't be afraid to experiment
Don't carve too far down the end grain (it's unfortunately quite weak now)
I also got a chance to see exactly how even my wall thickness was - turned out to be quite even at about 2mm, which I'm happy with. In hindsight, this may have been a bit thin for this blank, which already had a few small cracks (it started off as an 8x4 sleeper which I salvaged).
Comments? Tips?
Thanks,
Tristan
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Cogito cogito, cogito ergo sum
- I think that I think, therefore I think that I am