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Hello Jesse,

My website has an educational library that has several articles on drying
wood by various methods. The main educational library is located he

http://www.woodturningvideosplus.com...-articles.html

Welcome to woodturning and best wishes to you in all of your woodturning
endeavours!

On 3/29/07 6:13 PM, in article
et, "Jesse"
wrote:

Thanks for the advice on the new tools .It all makes sense so i will
hold off a bit longer before i go and get some new ones.My next question
is: I have access to a fair bit of green wood both cherry and red oak
.How to you guys go about using it on a lathe without it cracking or

splitting?Use a chemical to treat the wood or dry it somehow?
Thanks again for any help .


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