Roughing out wet wood

[Dalboy]

I normally have used dry blanks.

I am spending a little time cutting some logs into blank sized pieces, this is fine for the bowl type blanks but I have some branches (still to be cut) that I am wanting to use some as vase shaped and boxes by turning them end grain is there anything I should watch for.

In other words can I rough turn them to aid faster drying times without any problems splitting.

I know that I probably lose some as drying is not an exact science at home

 

[finneyb]

Boxes - I think the lids will stick when the wet wood dries and moves.
Vases - need to keep the thickness constant throughout, including the base otherwise there is a greater tendency to crack and split.

Brian