"Leon" writes:

"js" wrote in message
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ahh aliright. So it will be best to just set it aside, and let it dry. So
for future reference, I should actually be turning dry wood.



Well that is not absolutely true, it is far easier to turn green wood as
it cuts easily. If you need the wood to be stable after turning go with dry
wood. If you want to let nature aid in your artistic impression go with
green.

Isn't it also easier to make large turned objects from green wood,
because after turning the thin walls are flexible enough to survive the
shrinking during drying by warping instead of cracking, while drying a
lage blank without any crack is extremely difficult?

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