A friend whose job included trimming trees gave me some logs cut from several different species of timber. One piece was a slab of cherry which had been 'ralaxing' in his shed for 10 years. It was very dry and hard but it turned well.

I marked out a circle avoiding some worm damage and used a bandsaw to roughly cut around it. This saves creating a whole load of swadust and I will be able to use the corners for small items such as light pulls or lid handles.

It was a nicely figured piece of wood. The knots were particulalry hard and I needed to sharpen the gouges regularly.

It polished up well using a microcrystyline wax.

Finished off with a lasered signature on the bottom.

I gave the bowl back to my friend as a thank you for the timber and there is enough of the slab left to make another bowl or maybe two perhaps.