On Dec 21, 5:00*pm, "John Gbur" wrote:
I have a question about rough turning boxes. *Does anyone rough turn boxes
from wood that not completely dry, then turn them again when dry? *I am
curious if the tennons need to be returned like bowls or if they are okay as
is when turning them the second time. *Does anybody do this with dovetail
tennons? *I have done a few with the standard tennon but wasn't sure how
twice turning would work with boxes and dovetail tennons. *Hate to find out
it doesn't work well after doing a lot of them! *Thanks!

Someone brought to a woodturning club meeting, a lidded oval birch
box. He had turned the box and lid from very wet wood to as finished
surface as possible. He then let them dry and change from round to
oval shape. As I remember, many of his attempts at this did not work
but enough did to keep him trying. Anyway, by this process he avoided
the remount problem entirely.