I recently had occasion to cut some beautiful Bradford pear and have prepared a piece that I want to use for hollowing. I have roughed out the section of log to a tapered cylinder about 7 inches long and about 6 inches wide, with a tenon of 3 3/4 inches at one end (size of my largest chuck.). My plan is to bore a small hole in the larger end of the cylinder and then hollow out the interior. As the cylinder is basically just the turned piece of the original log, all this work will be done in end grain. My problem is that because the wood is green it is still quite heavy — probably around 7 or 8 pounds - and I question whether it be safely secured in a check for turning. I roughed out the exterior between centers but I obviously cannot use the tail stock when hollowing. Any suggestions on how to proceed?