The maple bowl is off the lathe after 7 coats of finishing oil, much steel wool action, and additional burnishing has brought out the grain's variations. Waiting to remove the tenon until the bowl is reinstalled on the lathe with a different, large-jawed chuck.(example of Nova Cole Jaw set pictured below.) Meantime, I've started a piece of Yellowheart while the present chuck's in place. More on that later.
