Thread: tenon and recess fail !!

Originally Posted by Big A

In a further hijack of smiife's thread, I just wanted to report that I cut another tenon on my CL bowl and was able to complete the job without incident. This tenon is 75mm and I grabbed it with my ahem, coff, coff 3 jaw fabricated dovetail chuck.

Nice patterns in this bit of wood, as it is from a fork - a bit crotchety!

Cheers,
Alister.

Hi alister,
You can hi-jack any time you like
Nice bowl , I like the shape and It, s good and deep
Did you finish the bottom yet ?
Got some great figure and colour going there.

Yep smiife, the bowl is ready to finish. I used Cole jaws in expansion mode and the tailstock to hold it while I chopped most of the tenon off, then used a belt sander to tidy up. I left it with a plain flat bottom, which is a bit ordinary, but didn't think there was enough meat left to fancify it. It is a pity that the best of the figure is in the inside where you have to look for it.

The bowl is only about 50mm deep, but looks more in the photo.

Alister.