I'll be cutting down a couple of peach trees this fall (I hope) and I'm wondering if I should try to salvage some turning pieces out of them. Is this a wood to work with? The remaining wood will be salvaged for the smoker, I'm told it's a great wood for that.

Most wood from fruit trees tend to be hard to dry without cracking.  Get the ends sealed up as soon (or NOW!) as possible after the tree is down.  I never turned Peach so cannot testify to its look.

I have turned some peach but it was a bit diseased so made for some interesting pieces. It does crack as all fruitwoods will so seal or use as soon as possible. It does have some wonderful color.

absolutely

 

Always a conundrum when it comes to fruit wood. It is great for turning but prone to cracking as already mentioned. Also great  in the smoker.

 

Steve