Hello Tom,
Glad to be of help... If you continue your convection drying, I would try to inhibit the moisture loss through the exposed endgrain areas on your bowl. A simple wrap of aluminium foil should do the trick. Wrap the outside and inside areas (loop over the rim), leaving the side grain area exposed. This should help to eliminate fissures on the endgrain.
Take care and best wishes to you and yours
Tom Sorry it has taken this long to get back to you. I did my first bowl on a lathe in my high school lab back in 1952. That was also my last one until I bought my Shopsmith in 1986. I made a fair amount of small furniture such as file cabinets, end tables, coffee tables, bookcases, etc. I decided to give wood turning a shot and I found that it worked pretty well. It was much improved after I got the new tool holder attachment. I turned many bowls (mostly segmented bowls) over the following 10 years. Last winter I bought a Jet 1442 and am doing all my turning on that at present (it is a little easier as it is taller than the SS and I don't have to bend over as much.
I am going to give a site where you can view some of my bowls. Most are segmented but a few are staghorn summac from my back yard and silver maple from a friends yard.
The site is
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:52:50 -0600, Bob Daun wrote (in message ):
thanks for your posting. I will check out your site. Some sumac grows around here, but it is never larger than brush or shrub. tom koehler
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