take a look at

http://home.comcast.net/~wskossack/boxes/cedarvase.html
http://home.comcast.net/~wskossack/boxes/cedar726.html

PapaChuck wrote:
Anybody have any opinions about turning cedar. I have an abundant
supply of "recycled" cedar from a chainsaw artist friend of mine.
Have used it for birdhouses up to this point.

-- Papa Chuck