I have to laugh to keep from crying

[Herb G]

I have some really nicely grained cedar bowl blanks I've been drying for 7-8 years now.

I dropped one in the basement today & broke it basically in half.

My wife asked what it was. I told her it was a really nice bowl blank I'd been drying for years.

She asked me what it is now. I told her a doorstop. :frown:

 

[jttheclockman]

Should have said it is now pen blanks

 

[keithncsu]

or Newbie pen blanks?? :biggrin:

 

[RobS]

or 2 plates?
or a sweet desk pen, with a pen stand and matching pen and pencil blanks

You can repurpose it.

Matching shaving set?

 

[KenV]

You were fortunate. If a bowl blank breaks in two hitting the floor it was cracked and better on the floor than when on the lathe at many rpm. Have had them come apart on the lathe, and it adds meaning to the term "line of fire".

Absolutely the best time to break is before the lathe.

 

[Herb G]

or 2 plates?
or a sweet desk pen, with a pen stand and matching pen and pencil blanks

You can repurpose it.

Matching shaving set?

It didn't split thickness wise, it split with the grain.
When it hit the floor, it exploded. I haven't found all the pieces yet.

I'm sure I will find something else to make from it.
I had meant to make a set of matching bowls for my wife.

So much for that idea. Especially after 7 or 8 years waiting for this stuff to dry completely. :frown:

You were fortunate. If a bowl blank breaks in two hitting the floor it was cracked and better on the floor than when on the lathe at many rpm. Have had them come apart on the lathe, and it adds meaning to the term "line of fire".

Absolutely the best time to break is before the lathe.

Yeah, I've had that happen to me before too. I was turning some nice dry cherry wood & it blew apart on me. It missed me, but took a chunk out of my block wall about 10' away from the lathe.

 

[1080Wayne]

Think I might be tempted to do a test drop of the other blank before turning it .

 

[Herb G]

Think I might be tempted to do a test drop of the other blank before turning it .

It might become the new thing, who knows?