Randy
Welcome to the craps game, try all the things that might work, realize it is
dumb luck the rest of the time and be prepared to say "Aw crap!" and try
again.
things to try
(1) cut the log in the winter when the sap is low
(2) turn thin as soon as possible
(3) check the bowl daily and CA the bark if it looks like it is lifting
(4) cut towards the bark when turning a natural edged bowl
this means cutting against the grain on the outside of the bowl but it
sort of pushes the bark to instead of from the wood
(5) turn the bowl as soon after dropping the log as possible
(6) pray: it can not hurt although with all the trouble in the world,
whether the bark stays on my bowls does not appear high on God's priority
list :-)
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God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NS, Canada
www.aroundthewoods.com
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Good Day Folks

Does anyone have a way to store wood so that the bark will stay on?
It would seem that the different shrinkage rates between the wood and
bark would make this .... difficult. However you guys constantly
surprise me.

Any ideas would be appreciated .

RandyD

rdeforge_at_optonline_dot_net