Things I have learned

Make a shorter vase?

coffee cup.

-- Here I post the good, for the rest has become firewood.

Salt Cellar.

Hope you weren’t hurt!

pride hurt
body ok

-- Here I post the good, for the rest has become firewood.

happens.. time to move on and be glad the pieces didn’t hurt ya. the next one will be beautiful.

-- making sawdust....

that’s why I have a wood stove

-- Thos. Angle

A big rook for a chess set.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Do not burn it. Think of ways to trim it so it looks purposely done.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Expense? Who could you have paid to learn this lesson? Where would you have gone to find such an expert?
You’ve become the expert for a very small price…no expense involved. It’s experience more valuable than money…and dozens upon dozens of Lumberjocks would each give even more than you have invested to know exactly what you know now.

-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.

Great Job Things Happen Good Luck the Next Time

-- Jim, Kentucky

It looks like something I’m capable of on the lathe. Glad you weren’t hurt.

-- Martin, Kansas

Laughing at the whole thread and post…. I needed a good one… thanks guys.

-- http://inhisgrip1.blogspot.com/

Done that more than once. One time a bowl blank came off the lathe and went through a $150 window. I changed the orientation of my lathe after that.
I agree with woodworm, there is still some salvage to be made of what is left. My designs have been known to change midway because of accidents like this or flaws that show up in the wood as I work. I guess that is part of the reason I like turning over cabinet making. You are never certain of the outcome (-:

-- Les B, Oregon

A master craftsman is just somebody blessed with making enough mistakes to be alert to avoiding them.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Maybe not a coffee cup – a wooden teacup maybe? Keep turning – toe thimble…. spoon rest….. For this being what, the 5th thing you’ve turned? I think you’re due to spend a little time making mistakes.

Make lemonade. Glue it back together and then do a string inlay using wenge at the glue joint and call it a design feature.

-- "A goal without a plan is a wish."

We all learn from mistakes in the shop. Hopefully without injury. What safety rule can you share with us about this project?

-- Ron in Osseo, Minnesota

That is pure art there. smooth up the edges, maybe make some 3/16 dowels out of another species and then driill about 4 holes evenly spaced on both the base and broken part, then suspend the broken part with the dowels about an inch and a half above the base. Title it “Space Docking”

-- Scott, Irmo SC

cut it off at the break and dig a tad deeper, you got a change holder, paper clip holder, a candy dish. Man after turning for 4 years I have lots of those and have given away many. lol. they are called design modifications.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Thanks for the laugh. Your comments are too funny. When you were a kid, do you remember reading the emperor’s new clothes? Place it on a pedistal and call it a sculpture. Come up with a story to describe it based on the futility of describing art to those who are too dense to appreciate it on thier own and most people won’t be brave enough to say… um… isn’t that just a busted turning?

-- www.robneves.com

“Design modifications”
yep…...that’s the ticket!! :)

Glad to hear that no boo-boo’s came with the lesson.

glue it back together

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

I agree with Roman – couldn’t hurt to throw some glue on there and see what happens. Call it a character mark. :)

-- Tim from Iowa City, IA

I would go with concealed hindges and a button catch on your “gated vase”. A “max fill” indicator might be appropriate.
Woodworking is the art/skill of fixing flaws, those really good guys are just better at it than the rest of us.

Besides working with wood, I have worked with glass for years…..just imagine what happened when I LEARNED things….....I can count more than a dozen scars on my left hand alone, not counting other areas I’ve been cut.
Yep, that piece of wood costs money, but you’ll find plenty of interesting free wood to make up for it.
yoda

Just wondering – did it catch while you were turning around the unsupported end of the wood?

-- Tim S, WA