I don't turn many large salad bowls and I know it best to have defect free wood. But, my cousin wants a salad bowl and supplied a couple of pieces of silver maple from a tree that came down in their yard due to some recent storm damage. When roughing out the outside I came across a limb pith. In the photo below you can see the pith. There is a black streak that looks like a crack but no crack can be felt.
If I carefully and slowly dry the bowl out over the next few months and no crack develops at the pith will it be safe for long term use as a salad bowl?
Do I use CA glue now to help seal the pith or is that asking for more trouble once the bowl is dry and finished turned?
Thanks
Ricclimb pith.jpg