What to do with it?

[burywoodturners]

I turned a bowl recently, from a very old log of London Plane, lurking in the back of the wood store. I could see that it was massively out of balance. It had a large lump on one side. So rather than shake the shed to bits, I tried to remove enough wood to get as near to a balance as I could.
Lacking a chainsaw or any other means of cutting the lump off, I decided to cut in to the wood with a handsaw. I cut a series of parallel cuts across the log and with a large mallet and an old mortice chisel I chipped the waste away, I then put it on the lathe and checked for balance. I started the lathe and trued the edge and then set about cutting a 1" groove with a parting off chisel, and then had a great 15 minutes with the handsaw cutting the end off, rather than try to put a tool to it.

It came out like this:


So what do I do with it now? a sculptural piece?

The only thing I can come up with is a name; 'Strata'
Here's hoping the picture shows up
Ron

[burywoodturners]

Well it did not!
So try again.

[GBF]

Burn it would be my sugestion.

Regards George

[Lazurus]

Why not try starting off between centers to find the natural balance point of the blank rather than force the balance point where you want it. Lyle JAMIESON has a good video on YOUTOOB covering this very point. You can then turn at higher speed in safety giving a good start to the design process.

[Paul Hannaby]

Often starting with the natural balance point will result in the blank becoming more out of balance as wood is removed and can also result in a smaller finished piece.