Hello All,
As I have mentioned before, I have a show this weekend and I was finishing this piece for it. It is a piece of red oak and I really liked the way it turned out. I was excited to see how people would react to it.
It had been sitting in the family room curing for about a week and I took it to the lathe to buff it out the other day. I was just about finished buffing the face of it when it was jerked out of my hands and ended up on the piece of plywood beneath the lathe. It wasn't split in two so I figured no harm, no foul. Upon closer inspection I noticed that a piece of the bark at the upper right hand corner had been knocked off. I thought no problem, I will find it and glue it back on. I probably spent an hour on my hands and knees in the shop when I decided it must have blown apart.
My wife had been admiring the piece for several days so I thought, Linda will find a place for this and be glad to have it. I gave it to her that afternoon explaining what happened with the bark and as I had anticipated she was delighted to have the piece.
Later on that day we were in the shop and she stood in front of the lathe and put her hands on her hips and said "Ok, so were could that piece of bark have gone". After I finished laughing I told her she was welcomed to look but I thought it would be fruitless.
It has ended with me agreeing to fix the piece for her. Critiques and comments welcomed.
Regards, Steve