Any rec. on cutting it up for bowls? The pith is off centre and I am looking at making as large a diameter a bowl as possible approx. 14 - 16 inches
To keep that great white sap ring turn them yesterday.
That log section with its asymmetrical bark contour is not my first choice for traditional bowls.
Here are 3 diagrams of my thought process.
My first choice would be a natural edge hollow form without the bark
The pointy rim contour will make a nice bird mouth opening.
My second choice is to use that asymmetrical contour as a natural bowl rim. Two terrific bowl options for the big one.
Shallow or deep. I’d remove the bark and you have a functional bowl.
Here I my thought process for getting two bowls the center section has one or two nice platter blanks
I look tor balanced grain. Balanced grain bowls keep symmetry when drying, have nice hyperola grain patterns, show eaqual sap ring on each side.
Perpendicular lines through the pith. I want near equal sap ring on each side near equal distance on each side. I want A to be close to B in length. Sap rings can change thickness where the rim will be. You can see this when you rip the log section and see the face of the blank.
Bowl 1 will be pretty nice. Bowl 2 the sap rings are way out of balance if they are that out of balance on the blank I would turn the sap ring off making to my mind a smaller but better looking bowl
@Dean Center has some good advice too.
A coring system? Easy choice when I made 2 cores paid for it.