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Lots of sweetgum in my wood stash these days and this one started to get a little punky without a lot of spalting. Roughed end grain, DNA'd and stored in my 120 degree attic for several months and when it was unwrapped there were no major cracks, so it went on the lathe.
I first turned a plug to fit in the mouth of the rough out to help center it in the chuck....
and also to center the Kobra.
Laser guided to a little under 1/2" and that's about as thin as I dared since the wood was punky. I also used epoxy tinted with transtint red brown to fill some obvious cracks....
....and finish sanded with the extension and fingers
I first turned a plug to fit in the mouth of the rough out to help center it in the chuck....
and also to center the Kobra.
Laser guided to a little under 1/2" and that's about as thin as I dared since the wood was punky. I also used epoxy tinted with transtint red brown to fill some obvious cracks....
....and finish sanded with the extension and fingers