http://www.woodturningvideosplus.com/boiling-green-wood.html

Lewis,

You always come up with the most interesting sites!  I haven't tried to turn any green wood, but will keep this in mind.  Thanks for posting it.  

SQ

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Happiness is wood chips flying!

Turning green (wet) wood is so much fun! The shaving come off effortlessly in continuous, long ribbons. In no time you can be standing knee deep in paper thin curly-qs. The only down sides are that everything gets sprayed with liquid and they can be only partially turned due to warping.

SQ said:

Lewis,

You always come up with the most interesting sites!  I haven't tried to turn any green wood, but will keep this in mind.  Thanks for posting it.  

SQ

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Happiness is wood chips flying!

Lewis,

That really does sound like a blast!  I might have to cut down the neighbors tree and give it a try.  

SQ

Lewis Kauffman said:

Turning green (wet) wood is so much fun! The shaving come off effortlessly in continuous, long ribbons. In no time you can be standing knee deep in paper thin curly-qs. The only down sides are that everything gets sprayed with liquid and they can be only partially turned due to warping.

SQ said:

I completely and emphatically disavowal any knowledge of this!

SQ said:

Lewis,

That really does sound like a blast!  I might have to cut down the neighbors tree and give it a try.  

SQ

Lewis Kauffman said:

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Happiness is wood chips flying!

Good to hear.  I doubt that I would look good in handcuffs.  

SQ

Lewis Kauffman said:

I completely and emphatically disavowal any knowledge of this!

SQ said:

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Happiness is wood chips flying!

@ SQ - I'm with Lewis on turning wet wood... it is a blast. I have never tried the boiIing though as I figured it to be pretty expensive to accomplish. 

I usually rough out several bowl blanks at a time and leave them .75" to 1" thick (an even thickness is important), then completely seal them with Anchorseal place them in a brown paper bag and sit them in a box in the back of the closet for a few months to let them dry. With the humidity here in Arkansas it usually takes 6 to 8 months for them to be ready to re-turn to final shape.

Some people only seal the end grain after roughing out, but I have had better success sealing the whole bowl and waiting just a little longer.

D. Kennedy,

I am definitely going to have to give green wood a try.  I appreciate all the information.

SQ

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Happiness is wood chips flying!

It is a lot of fun and the tools don't dull as fast. As they mentioned you just have to sit them aside for a while and wait on it to dry before making the finish turnings. Wood is pretty easy to find, just drive around and you will see trees being taken down every where. Most people are happy to give you some of the cuts.

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John Moody
John Moody Woodworks
http://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com