Any suggestions how you would tackle these 2 pieces of walnut? Not sure if I should try NE bowl, regular bowl or keep shape and cut a bowl inside shape. About 17 inch in length and 6 inches or so thick.
It looks like the two pieces were cut apart after the piece had been flattened on one side. If only one cut had been made you would have had 2 great natural edge bowl blanks, but I have no idea what you could do with it now.Any suggestions how you would tackle these 2 pieces of walnut? Not sure if I should try NE bowl, regular bowl or keep shape and cut a bowl inside shape. About 17 inch in length and 6 inches or so thick.
if I should try NE bowl,
Would you normally not cut thru pith and keep the crotch as one piece?
Thanks Perry and everyone who responded, great info, I am new to NE bowl turning. Should have maximized walnut grain in bowl blanks when cutting crotch. Lots of sapwood in this piece. I was just thinking of cutting thru the 3 piths first when roughing blank with chainsaw.
It’s a learning experience we have all been through.
Then you can get a NE bowl with nice grain in the bottom
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