Hi, I just finished turning a bowl out of maple. I first turned it green then put it in a trash can full of shavings back in April and placed it in our green house. When I pulled it out it was nice and dry but egg shaped. I finished turning it and it turned out ok except it's not symmetrical. It's round but the edge is not the same thickness all the way around. It's not a problem per say since it's a functional bowl and not a work of art. Is any there any tricks to doing this type of turning. Also it turned out to be to big ( about 11" across) to put in my Cole chuck to turn off the dovetail and true up the bottom. I ended up sanding the bottom off. Is there some way to chuck this up to turn off the dovetail and true up the bottom. I have a Jet 1642 lathe. Jim