I Could Have Cried

[W.Y.]

But I didn't . .

And I could have swore . . but I didn't.

But there was a resounding OH NO ! ! !

I glued up a nice board with a bunch of exotic plus local woods this morning . Checked the thickness with my digital calipers in order to set the right angle for the rings to be cut at . Caliper was acting up a little with numbers dancing around and I didn't really know why so proceed as usual and set my angle a few thousands of an inch wrong from not getting a consistent caliper reading . Didn't realize it until I set the second ring on top of the first one and found it was WAY out . So off to the dollar store to get a new battery for my digital caliper and re-measured and re-set my angle for what was left of the board .

So two rings that were going to be the top of a 9" bowl went into the designer firewood box and what was left over will make a 7 1/4" bowl when I get it sanded down and finished .

 

[Dale Allen]

I see a bowl and a nice ring for a wall clock.

What's the problem again?

 

[stonepecker]

I would take those two 'mistakes' in a heart beat.
Not only a ring for a wall clock but a frame for a mirror that I would engrave.

I don't see any problem either.

 

[W.Y.]

I see a bowl and a nice ring for a wall clock.

What's the problem again?

Nice idea .
I suppose a big wall clock 'could' be made from the wrong sized rings .

 

[W.Y.]

I would take those two 'mistakes' in a heart beat.
Not only a ring for a wall clock but a frame for a mirror that I would engrave.

I don't see any problem either.

OH yeah , I like the mirror idea even better . I shy away from clocks after having made so many of them in another life.
I might get an estimate from a local glass man to see how much it would cost for then to make a mirror that size to fit .

 

[Dale Allen]

Make it an infinity mirror...those things are great.

Edit....you can get acrylic mirrors that you could cut yourself!

 

[plantman]

Bill; I could see your original design right away !! A nice bowl for the table with a matching framed mirror hanging over it. There are few mistakes in woodworking, just a representation of the original plan. Great looking glueup. Jim S

 

[W.Y.]

Make it an infinity mirror...those things are great.

Edit....you can get acrylic mirrors that you could cut yourself!

Not sure what that is . Maybe an explanation ?

 

[mikespenturningz]

Very nice job on the rest of this. I love the mirror idea.

 

[Band Saw Box]

I know you'll come up with a project, sometimes our best projects come from our mistakes.

 

[sbell111]

Make it an infinity mirror...those things are great.

Edit....you can get acrylic mirrors that you could cut yourself!

Not sure what that is . Maybe an explanation ?

It's just what it sounds like. It's a piece of plexi that has been 'mirrored'. It's pretty easy to work with, but it ain't cheap, as I recall.

 

[Krash]

You could also glue up a base for it and finish it as a small tray.

 

[W.Y.]

Well , what was left of the mistake turned into a fairly decent bowl and I have saved those two top rings for future use after I decide on what to turn them into from so many suggestions here and elsewhere.

 

[D.Oliver]

Your "mistakes" turn out 100 times nicer than my "everything went as planned" projects!!

 

[CabinetMaker]

The top rings would make a nice shallow bowl for serving chips.

 

[low_48]

I thought it looked like plenty of wood to turn down those two rings. I've done bowls with less than 1/8" walls.

 

[jsolie]

Small round serving tray frame.

 

[BayouPenturner]

I was always taught, it is an opportunity to redesign, never a mistake.

 

[W.Y.]

I thought it looked like plenty of wood to turn down those two rings. I've done bowls with less than 1/8" walls.

So have I from a one piece block of wood . But your 1/8" wall probably didn't have a glue joint. Whenever a ring is out that much on the outside , it is out the same amount on the inside leaving very little in the middle when levelling it out from both sides . . Yes , it would have survived a 1/8" wall but I would not feel right about a glue joint that thin on a large bowl .

 

[BayouPenturner]

William I always enjoy looking at your creations you make with the Bowl Master system. I thought the creations were amazing.. I purchases a Bowl Master system to use on my Jet 1642 and have not been able to use it comfortably. There is a lot of vibration during the cutting of the disk. Do you experience anything like that. I contacted the company and they said they have never had that experience before from anyone. I did get the PAG and some other accessories and have been trying to work thru the vibration issue. If you have any advice please let me know. Thanks and keep showing us that beautiful work.

 

[W.Y.]

William I always enjoy looking at your creations you make with the Bowl Master system. I thought the creations were amazing.. I purchases a Bowl Master system to use on my Jet 1642 and have not been able to use it comfortably. There is a lot of vibration during the cutting of the disk. Do you experience anything like that. I contacted the company and they said they have never had that experience before from anyone. I did get the PAG and some other accessories and have been trying to work thru the vibration issue. If you have any advice please let me know. Thanks and keep showing us that beautiful work.

PM sent Jim