Today when turning the inside of bowl I cut thru the bottom to expose the chuck jaws holding the piece. Attached is some pictures so you can see and maybe give me ideas on what to use to fix this.
Today when turning the inside of bowl I cut thru the bottom to expose the chuck jaws holding the piece. Attached is some pictures so you can see and maybe give me ideas on what to use to fix this.
1. Time Machine.
2. Modify the piece by adding an additional layer on the bottom.
3. Pitch It.
I do have some junk wood I could make these gauges out of. What size rod did you use? 1/8 inch?
I'm interested in learning more about option 1. I want to go back 20 plus years and tell a younger guy all the silly mistakes he made and a few other things...Three Options.........
1. Time Machine.
2. Modify the piece by adding an additional layer on the bottom.
3. Pitch It.
If you go with option two, there are several directions you can take.
You could turn it into a nut bowl by turning a base for the bowl and a center piece to hold the nut cracker
You could turn a wood plug of similar wood and glue it into the hole.
You could also cut a couple of decorative grooves in the plug to hide the glue line.
Or use a dark colored epoxy to create a detail line in the bottom.
Or fill the glue line groove with a decorative filler with CA glue or epoxy.
You could turn a lid for the bowl and put some candy in the bowl and no-one will know the plug is there.
You could cut the bowl into segments and rings and turn the fubar into a segmented piece. (takes skill)
You could sacrifice the bowl to the wood gods.
I will be making one of these Odie. I was thinking about a bowl depth gauge just the other day. I may use a dowel as a rod since I have some on hand.Go with option #3. If you repair it, every time you see the bowl you'll think of "mistake".....forever.
This is the solution:
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Get yourself a depth gauge.......and, use it every time, always, forever.....on EVERY bowl.
(They are easy to make.)
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Certainly one of the best calipers around!Hard to beat Keith Thompkins Gauge T for measuring wall thickness and it will reach around and measure the bottom on many shapes of bowls.
I will be making one of these Odie. I was thinking about a bowl depth gauge just the other day. I may use a dowel as a rod since I have some on hand.
Thanks for the tip Odie, I wondered about the ease of slide with the wooden dowel? I'll get a couple of stainless rods. There are made already just need rods now. Thanks Odie and Happy turning!Lamar, I almost forgot.........The larger depth gauge was made back in the 1980's, and I originally used a dowel rod. As I remember, the dowel didn't work out very well, because it didn't slide well.....was sticky. Shown here is where I drilled it out and filled with a bigger dowel......then drilled again and inserted the stainless rod. This has worked well for about 30+ years. I suppose it's possible to make the dowel arrangement work, but the metal rod has worked so much better than the wooden dowel ever did........
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I have one with wooden dowel also and it is hard to adjust. I tap it on the ways to adjust but Just thought that if the dowel was waxed it would adjust easier.Lamar, I almost forgot.........The larger depth gauge was made back in the 1980's, and I originally used a dowel rod. As I remember, the dowel didn't work out very well, because it didn't slide well.....was sticky. Shown here is where I drilled it out and filled with a bigger dowel......then drilled again and inserted the stainless rod. This has worked well for about 30+ years. I suppose it's possible to make the dowel arrangement work, but the metal rod has worked so much better than the wooden dowel ever did........
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Hi Mike, that is the way I've been measuring bowl depth. Making one with stainless rods....... Happy turning!Old school method is to insert your lathe tool into the hollow until it hits the bottom of the bowl
and sight down the outer edge of the bowl aligning both the closest and furthest edge of the bowl
rim and placing your finger tip at that point on the tool.
Remove the lathe tool from the hollow and hold it on top of the bowl aligning the finger tip on the
outer edge of the bowl and sight down the cutting end of the tool to gauge how much material is
left in the bottom of the bowl.
Thanks Gerald, I thought that wood on wood might not slide as well. Happy turning!I have one with wooden dowel also and it is hard to adjust. I tap it on the ways to adjust but Just thought that if the dowel was waxed it would adjust easier.
Grip the rod with small binder clips on each side of the crosspiece. Very quick to adjust.You could also use all-thread. It wouldn't slip, but adjustment would be slower.