I was turning this nice little (8") natural edged bowl and was almost finished with it, when the tit I had the tailstock against gave way. It seems I had made one too many passes with the gouge in cleaning up the bottom. When the tit gave way the bowl kinda slid/jumped off the cup center and came to rest laying against the cup center. I looked and thought, "That was a break." I popped the tit off, cleaned up the area with a chisel and sanding disks, put the finish on it and was "right proud" of myself.
Then I noticed the piece busted out of the natural edge. Evidently happening when it jumped off the cup center. I did my usual "show and tell" to SWIMBO and she said, "What a shame. You know, you could whittle that down, put a bit of stain on it and no one would know." When I came in at lunch, having been gone all morning, she plops the bowl down on the table and says, "What do you think?" You could not tell it had ever been broken. What had been odd looking fire wood now is a really nice natural edged bowl. Think I'll keep her. :-)
Deb