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  • NE Elm Bowl
    Thanks Kurt. I just left the cracks be; you can see a small one top center of the growth rings.
  • #2216 Gabon Ebony. (Gaboon?)
    Nice job, great wood!
  • NE Elm Bowl
    That's beautiful. Did you do any kind of repair to the cracks or just let them be?
  • Sliced Hollow Form
    And when I do know the species and label the raw wood and by the time it is finished the "chain of custody" is lost.
    Yeah. I know where this log came from (our club's wood lot) but when I grabbed it, I think it was stacked with some maple. So I mentally cataloged it as "maple". I...
  • #2216 Gabon Ebony. (Gaboon?)
    Looks great Odie! I have found it is hard to get a good finish on the dark woods. Like eliminating sanding lines and finish streaks.

    PS: The photo is really blurry just for your info...:)
    Thanks Gabirel...... :)

    Try this...... After you finish sanding on the lathe, do some random...

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