Apricot bowl

Beautiful shape and love the grain. Do you have a shot of the inside?

Very nice, Marc. One of my most tragic wood stories is when our 35 year old apricot tree died and I cut it up for turning. It was gorgeous wood, a little less red than yours shows, but it moved so much I only got a single sound bowl out of about 7 feet of trunk. I'm impressed with your successful result. Thanks for that.

Paul May said:

Beautiful shape and love the grain. Do you have a shot of the inside?

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Thank you, Paul.
yes, I do have other angles. I’ll get a few others posted (as soon as I get that figured out)!

Dean Center said:

Very nice, Marc. One of my most tragic wood stories is when our 35 year old apricot tree died and I cut it up for turning. It was gorgeous wood, a little less red than yours shows, but it moved so much I only got a single sound bowl out of about 7 feet of trunk. I'm impressed with your successful result. Thanks for that.

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Thank you, Dean. So sad about the low yield from your beautiful tree. It really is nice wood, and turns wonderfully.
FWIW, I received this blank quite green and wrapped with stretch film, and then turned it fairly thin and finished it without drying first. I watched for a few days,,hoping no cracks would appear.
This time the approach worked well.