Hey gang,
What might have gone wrong with this Heritage Birch HF I was about to start finish turning? I rough turned it to about 3/4-7/8" thickness. It is about 12" tall and 8" diameter. It was green when I started. I soaked it in DNA for 48 hours and wrapped it in a paper sack up to and over the rim about an inch and tapped it to the rim. I let it sit for about 14 days upside down on a rack and here is the result. It has deep cracks running up from the bottom and the rim is cracked all the way through. I don't think is at all salvageable. What did I do wrong? This was a great looking piece of Birch when I started, and a have several hours in it as it sits. What can I do the next time to keep this from happening?