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In this video, I experiment with letting green wood warp in the form of a small goblet.

I have fresh green apple wood from spring pruning. I decided to experiment with warping.

However, I did not want to have to carve the base. Therefore, I am also experimenting with turning the base first before the bowl portion. This is reverse of the typical order.

I did turn a tenon first. However, once mounted to the chuck, I turned what will become the foot. The foot also doubles as a mortise for an expansion mount.

In the first goblet, I tried to emphasize the warp potential by mounting the wood at a significant angle to the usual axis. There were two problems with the first goblet. First, in only 2 days of drying, the bowl portion developed severe cracks. My guess, is the the dense heartwood interacted badly with the sapwood. Second, black stains appeared in the foot from the interaction of the acid in the wood and the steel in the chuck jaws.

In the second goblet, I used wood that had no heartwood – only sapwood. When I mounted the foot mortise to the chuck, I inserted some plastic food wrap to prevent staining. The problems then where the added potential for the wood to slip, and bad marks from the smaller jaws.

I could not have turned this goblet without my DIY steady rest and its capacity to be mounted and dismounted without dismounting the turning stock.

Here are links to videos describing my steady rest.

My DIY Lathe Steady Rest
Update To My DIY Lathe Steady Rest
Woodturning – My DIY Steady Rest Is Still Steady

Make one for yourself.

Enjoy!