re: Final turning the inside, more patching

Thanks, Splint. Yeah, the whiter wood will turn yellow. And there is a metric shit-ton of character.

Thanks, but I generally feel good turning down to a quarter. It’s beyond that where I get really worried about blowing things up. But I will note that I was using carbide tools towards the end, and angling them for as much negative rake as I could get.

I haven’t tried stabilizing something at this stage because it would be a huge waste as the cactus juice ran out of the piece as you baked it to set the juice. Even wrapping it in tinfoil it would be hard not to end up with the juice puddling inside the bowl, even filling the space with something impermeable.