OK....no laughing now. This bad boy was a real challenge since I have never turned a bowl blank that was 65 pounds wet, roughed out and then dried via the alchy method. Then the real challenge was getting the mounting surfaces round enough to remount so I could re-turn this bowl back round. This persimmon warped pretty bad, meaning that it was at least 3/8" warp on each end where the pith was located.
You can see in one of the pics some cracks on the end of the bowl where the pith used to be. These showed up during the dry turning process and I belive it was due to heat. This stuff when turned dry is HOT coming off the turning tool.
Anyway, here it is. 16" in diameter, 3-1/2" deep with 1/4" wall thickness. These pics were taken prior to buffing. I'll post some pics of the buffed bowl a little later. She weighs in at about 3 pounds now.
One things is for sure. A bowl this size and this hard requires a LOT of sanding!!!!!!