"Russ Fairfield" wrote in message

I hate to disagree with everyone, but Apple wood seems to have developed
an
"urban legend" around a nasty behavior. I have never found that Apple
takes any
more caution than many other common turning woods, and there are a lot of
other
woods that will warp and crack more. Maybe I am just lucky.

My experience with Apple has been to let it do all of the movement and
cracking
BEFORE turning it on the lathe. I do this by cutting it into lathe ready
round
bowl blanks and coating them 100% all over with AnchorSeal or other wax.
Get
the AnchorSeal good and thick by applying additional coats before it has a
chance to dry. Then set it in the corner of the shop until next year.

Don't try to make the blanks too big or too thick. 10 and 12" diameter and
4"
or less thickness would be the maximum, and stay away from the pith.

You will lose a few of them, but the results are worth the wait. Dry
Apple
turns and sands easily.

After reading the other posts, I had somewhat decided to try this anyway.
I've cut some 3" and 4" slabs for drying, but haven't cut them into rounds.
I'm fresh out of Anchorseal, so I coated them heavily with latex
paint--which probably won't help much--and stacked them in a corner of the
basement wrapped in newspaper. If the latex will help long enough for me to
get a 5 gal bucket of Anchorseal, I'll probably have a few chunks that
survive the drying process. I'm always open to suggestions.

Max