Hi Rob,
One of the other reasons for turning green wood is variety. I've turned
over 60 local woods that I collected. At least half would not be
commercially available. Every wood is different and range of appearances is
amazing to me. The free part doesn't hurt either.
Tony Manella
ndd1"at"prolog.net (remove "at")
http://home.ptd.net/~ndd1/
Lehigh Valley Woodturners
http://www.lehighvalleywoodturners.com/

"Rob Worgull" wrote in message
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I'm new to turning and people are always commenting about turning green
wood. Why not regular kiln dried / air dried wood? Does the moisture
help
to keep the turned piece from splitting apart?

Someone told me to get a 4x4 cedar port from the Borg and practice on
chunks
of that. Is that a good or bad idea?

Thanks
Rob

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