From the chainsaw to the finishing table

Tonight I cut up a cedar log I had in the garage (mostly dried), and took it all the way to a sanded bowl. I feel like I've got a method down that I like for turning bowls, and the key is doing the outside finishing cut as a push cut (bevel in contact) from the base upwards with the tailstock removed, before ever remounting on the chuck to do the inside. The grain really cooperates when I do it this way.

I applied some Watco danish oil to the new cedar bowl and WOW did those colors pop! I won't post a photo yet, but I'll follow up after I get some polyurethane on it.

I also did two coats of wipe-on poly on my beech test piece and it looks good so far. I'll post pictures of the finished product later this week. Maybe then I'll be brave enough to put a finish on that big ambrosia maple bowl.