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Yes Walnut.Thanks for that information.
That break is a downer, right at the last, all work lost. That's an attitude check for sure.
Walnut maybe?
So to be clear this was a case of salvaging junk. Last winter I bought some green wood, including a piece of nearly waterlogged walnut. I cut it roughly and then put in the oven to dry out. But as happens it shrank asymmetrically and cracked. So I filled the crack with glue and set it aside. I then picked it up and used it for my practice piece 10 months later. There were a bunch of tiny fissures in the wood so I knew it was high risk, but almost got to the finish line.
I have 3 more blanks lined up that I will work on starting today. Reasonably confident that I will get one through successfully. I learn something each time and the design is continually changing both structurally and aesthetically. From this split I think the main thing I learned is to verify the speed setting before turning the lathe on!