After truing the rim AGAIN, I took my time and peeled away the central column with facing cuts from the bowl gouge. It had been my attempt to take a shortcut by cutting through the column near its base that had caused my massive catch last time, so I just grit my teeth and did it the slow way.
A chunk of loose end grain came flying off while I trued the rim, and it left an interesting shape. As I hollowed, I lost another piece.
In this photo you can see how I tried to fair the trued rim back into the out-of-true bowl body. It came quite smooth with a little sanding. And you can also see that another chunk came tearing away. I do love my helmet.
That's about half the rim gone. I won't be reversing this to finish the foot! Turning half a bowl is interesting, as you can see right through the side of the bowl as it rotates. It's a new perspective on the tool.
I finished the hollowing and smoothing of the bottom of the bowl with a round scraper, and then resorted to hand sanding to remove the substantial waviness left in the remaining wood. I also used the 120 grit cloth abrasive as a shaping tool to refine the jagged edge left by the breaks.
Very interesting, and well balanced by accident. There's more hand sanding to do, but I want to solve the problem of the broken foot next.
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