As is often the case with hard woods, the Afromosia cut cleanly except for the cross-grain areas which were fairly fuzzy. Fortunately, the cross grain areas sanded out relatively easily although I was worried about it on the interior sidewalls.
Afromosia does indeed have a delightfully sweet and spicy scent when cut.
American Beauty Lathe
All of the work on the Afromosia was done on my Robust American Beauty lathe using Easy Wood Tools cutters. Sanding was with Gold and Green Wave discs from Packard Woodworks. Nova chucks and jaws were used for holding the piece while working. The Afromosia bowl was beautifully finished using ShellaWax.
As always, I wish all my readers a great experience in whatever your wood working interests happen to be and to those who like working with lathes especially, do a good turn today!