cad wrote:
Neal,
Click on this pictorial to saw it up into turning blocks.

http://handturnedbowls.biz/data/how_to_saw_log.pdf

In general a good explanation, but getting an 11" bowl from a 19" log is
absurd. One should be able to easily get a 17" or so wide bowl from it.

Some wood has a lot of variation between sapwood and heart wood, but
with some species it's virtually indistinguishable. *IF* you only want
heartwood due to the contrast it may make sense to trim that much
sapwood off, but I'd suggest leaving it and letting the turner decide...

....Kevin
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