This is from some local (Texas) walnut I picked up about 7 months ago. The ends were painted and it's been in my garage since then. I rough turned the bowl, soaked it in DNA and let it air dry for a few weeks. Mounted it to turn again and this is what I'm seeing... any suggestions on how to manage this? Is the wood salvageable.. should I ignore and just finish turning it? Or is this just the way the walnut cookie crumbles?
This is the 2nd piece I've had with similar results. I'm using carbide tools for this, would that have anything to do with this?
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