Had a interesting afternoon. Got some wood on shop floor stating to crack so had to do something. Decided on platters, yes it is big. This first in pecan is 15 inch. Had to split this one with saw and there was a bit of something slowing the cut which I discovered was two nails.

 

 

One half will be maybe small bowls. 

 

This is the front and back of the pecan. Has some nice color.

 

This is the bradford pear . A crotch with two junctions  and flame and curl.  Hope to finish this one tomorrow 

Do you think something like AnchorSeal would help with the cracking/splitting?  I used it on some pear and had some good results.  That pear platter looks neat.  Thanks, Gerald.  

Nice looking turning.  Feel for you hitting those nails though.

Nice platter Gerald and beautiful grain.

 

Steve

 

That bradford pear is going to be awesome!

Never thought much about Bradford pears as good wood. Looks great.

15 hours ago, FlGatorwood said:

Do you think something like AnchorSeal would help with the cracking/splitting?  I used it on some pear and had some good results.  That pear platter looks neat.  Thanks, Gerald.  

That is in my opinion no better than the wax I used. This has been in my shop stacked since late last spring so the cracks were no as bad as it could have been. This blank was about 6 inches thick and the crack only went down 3 so that was not too bad after sawing the blank in half still have some left.