Had a piece of OO that I roughed round with a hatchet and sealed the ends, but being Osage Orange of course it cracked anyway. I'd had it for over 2 years, so today, frustrated with my bowl turning problems, I decided to use it to make coasters. I thought it would be a great way to work on my chuck jaw recesses. Each coaster received one. Then I'd turn it around and finish the tops. The tops are getting Formby's low gloss Tung oil finish while the bottom recieved a beautiful CA glue finish to (hopefully) prevent further cracking.
The piece was about 7 or 8 inches long so I should be able to make 10 or more. Made these 2 tonight. Too tired and too late to make more anyway.
And as I discovered when photographing I did not get the cracks clean enough, though I used compressed air. At least I didn't make the mistake of using ca glue on the tops.