On Fri, 9 Jun 2006 17:35:32 -0400, "Dan Bollinger"
wrote:

Well, that explains a few things. Since the bowl is going to be oval,
are you going to turn some, and hand carve the rest? Co you have a set
up to turn oval?
In general, for air drying you figure one year per inch of thickness,
will get you down to the 12 to 15% mc. If you have hand carving to do,
do it while the wood has some moisture in it because it cuts so much
easier.

The bowls will be oval turned. No carving is planned. I have an oval turning
lathe. I may set up a solar or vacuum dryer to speed things along.

http://www.claycritters.com/lathe/

That's not the first time I've seen that machine of yours, and it
never fails to be impressive. Nice work.

I'd have liked to help with the MC question, but have never even seen
one in person, much less used one of them. Could be that others are
in the same boat.