lampshade

[Gary Chapman]

I picked out a large roughed walnut bowl to finish this afternoon, was getting along pretty good( not too many tearouts) sanding was going well, the walls were just right and my last pass to clean all the inside edges resulted in a hole through the bottom
I was sick, really sick after so much success in turning, I really goofed. Someone on this thread told me he had made many lampshades and I never knew how dishearting it could be to go to far. Well, now I know and it hurts.
When it happens to you, just turn it into a lampshade and move on.

 

[Charlie Knighton]

you could try to put new bottom on your piece with a contrasting wood

 

[hockenbery]

Gary,
we've all been there.
I make funnels
It's even more fun when you sand through a piece
or blow it apart with using too much air to blow out the pores.

In the grander scheme of things its only wood and it grows on trees.
I always believe my next piece will be better than the last.
i Suspect your next bowl will be finer than this one would have been.

Someone once told me the difference in the master and novice is the master recognizes when the final cut has been made.

Happy turning
al

 

[john lucas]

all of those who haven't turned a lampshade or funnel hold up your hands. Yea, that's what I thought. 🙂

 

[Jerry Rhoads]

Gary
A couple of years ago while down with the Pheunmonia, I was on Predisone and had the shakes pretty bad.
Kept going out to the shop and tring to turn.
My mother came to visit, I showed her my funnels. She told me to put a screen in them and sell them as callendars. (some misspellings here but o well

Better luck the next time
Jerry

 

[GA Darling]

Too bad i don't have as many lamps as i do lampshades

Greg

 

[Bernie Weishapl]

I have did what Charlie showed you several times. I do it mostly on wood I have bought and don't like throwing money in the trash or firewood pile. If it is free wood I do put it in the pile.

 

[john lucas]

In all honesty I used to plug the bottoms when I got them too thin. Around here my market is pretty low end and the customers actually like that. I would route a groove in the side or on the lip of those vessels and add a contrasting inlay into the short groove that matched the bottom patch. It's easy to do if you make a table to sit in your banjo and a cradle for the router. If you have indexing you can add a lot of contrasting pieces.
I couldn't find a photo of one of the bowls but here is an ornament with a similar idea.