Maybe I'm picking at nits but, wouldn't it be more accurate, and less confusing, to use the terms "axial" and "radial" to define grain orientation and save the terms spindle for furniture parts and bowl to mean bowl?
I frequently discuss with a student if a particular log, destined to be a large hollow-form, should be mounted as an "axial turning" or as a "radial turning" - the end result, both final form and grain pattern, will be very different, not to mention warpage.
I frequently discuss with a student if a particular log, destined to be a large hollow-form, should be mounted as an "axial turning" or as a "radial turning" - the end result, both final form and grain pattern, will be very different, not to mention warpage.