I have three questions that I couldn't find via search:
1) I have a green bowl blank of 5 1/2" diameter and 2 3/4" height to turn. What minimum thickness should I turn this so that when it dries it doesn't crack?
2) How do I dry it after turning the initial blank? I don't need to dry them quickly like mentioned in the other post about using alcohol.
3) I have a piece of 3" square by 12" long piece of 'almost' dry red oak. It was cut in Febuary of this year and has been air dried all summer long. I live in a relatively low humidity part of the country (except for the past few days!) I forgot I had this piece when I asked about turning a mallet a few weeks ago. I plan on turning it into a mallet, but am not sure if it is better to wait until it is completely dry to turn it. Any thoughts on this?