There were a few questions about using green vs dry wood, so I thought I'd share some pictures of my rough outs. I don't have any in progress pictures unfortunately. You have to use your imagination. For the drying process, I tough turn a cylinder, turn shoulders on both ends, them part off the lid. After roughly hollowing the lid and base, I use masking tape to keep the lid and base together. initially I put thee rough turned sections in a loosely closed cardboard fruit box (the kind with holes in it) to keep initial drying fairly slow to discourage splitting. The box was placed on a shelf with no direct sun, and low airflow. After about a month, and some repositioning of the contents to keep air contact even, they all go on a shelf near the stove to speed up drying as much as possible. I had only a couple failures drying that were due to bark inclusions rather than moisture loss.
This is the first time I've tried posting a new thread from my smartphone. Pics won't upload. I'll try again from home.
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