Bill
I like to turn stuff that feels as if I stand in the shower when it goes
round, similar to your description of sopping wet. There are some weird
and wonderful ways of preventing warping but the world wide tried and
turn method is to wet turn to a thickness of 10% of the diameter, seal
the end grain and let dry for about 3 months to a year so the warping is
done and finish turning can be performed on a dry blank. See my web site
under
http://aroundthewoods.com/roughing.shtml
for some more info.
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God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NS, Canada
http://www.aroundthewoods.com