Larger Spalted Maple Bowl

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What an amazing looking piece of wood! I think this is my largest bowl so far. (I have what's called a "mini-lathe". The largest bowl I can turn is 10 inches.) This one's a little over 6 inches across and a little over 4 inches deep. I'm limited by the size of the blanks I can cut, which up 'til now weren't very big. I've been super-lucky that I got all this spalted Maple and it literally fell in my yard . . . free! So the "cost" of all the work I put into cutting it up and preparing it are well worth it. I mean, damn, look at that wood!