30 plus years of experience with woodworking but most of my wood turning experience has been with spindle turning. Have a quick question on hollow form turning I hope that someone can help me with. Looking to turn an urn that will have its length exceed its diameter. I also would like to use a constrasting wood for the base of the urn and the lid. Am I better off orientating the wood grain to run the length of the piece (head stock to tail stock), and if so, does the contrasting wood that I will glue onto the base and use for the lid need to have the grain run in the same direction?
Thanks for any words of wisdom,