Another stumpy bowl

[Robert Marshall]

This 5" bowl is another piece cut from the same stump as a bowl I posted a month ago (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?245050-Maple-stump-bowl). I'm about halfway through finishing it, using glossy WOP.

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The bark inclusion on the left, above, was opening up a bit, so I filled it with epoxy colored with coffee grounds, and that seems to have stabilized it. Some of the wood was fairly punky (dry, soft, pithy), and I couldn't get the surface cut as smooth as I would like. But lots of sound, colorful burl, with nice pattern to it.

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Look forward to your comments and critiques.

Robert

[Tony De Masi]

Not an easy form to work with. Throw it some wonky wood and it really becomes a bit difficult. You already mentioned your need to be able to reduce/eliminate the tear out that is seen in pictures 1 & 3, but you also need to pay attention to your tool marks as seen in pictures 2 & 3, inside of bowl, which appears to be about 1/2" down from the rim.