Wood Turning Green Wet Wood Thin & Sanding Tips 

I love how Cherry darkens as it ages. 👍🇺🇸

Very interesting vlog 😊I was so curious about turning wet wood, I'll be watching more of your videos. Thank you 😊

Jim I enjoy turning green wood

Another M & M bowl,lol.Love it!

You make a beautiful and neat wooden bowl

I actually twice turn all the green wood. I'm going to give this a try too. Thanks for the explanation.

Very nice bowl and very informative thank you Larry

Nice Video Gary 👍😀

Lovely bowl and a Really useful video. Thanks Enjoy your popcorn.

Good new ideas Thanks.

I like Cherry, and the sanding idea is cool.

Beautiful popcorn bowl. Cheers mr Gary 👍 💯

Very nice! Cherry is one of my favorite woods to turn.

Mineral oil, on my things to buy list, thanks Papa!

Crazy that it did not crack, I think I’ll try the oil sanding trick, keep those great vids coming

Thanks you very much for the advice like hi said before hi learning something a very time hi watch you turned you are a great teacher

Liked the mineral oil idea.

Good job, Gary, explaining your process, the sanding tips, drying and finishing WITHOUT CRACKS! Just amazing, my friend. Good looking useful bowl, too! Thanks for not making us wait months for the second turning! 😊 Phil

Thanks for sharing this, I’ve got some cherry that I think I’ll try this method out with. Thanks!!! ✌️❤️🍻🖖

Glad it didn't crack Cherry is a pretty wood, not seen sanding done like that before looks like a good tip, I have turned green Oak and that can warp but still look good.

Very well done Gary

Hi Gary, thank's for your video,after seeing it I will try your recipe. 👍

A very pretty bowl. It looked like nice wood to turn. Good work!

Hi that’s a very nice cherry bowl thanks for your video.

Beautiful piece, I love the look of cherry

Lovely looking project, well done.

We've been in the rain n clouds for about 2wks here in mi.I'm impatient too.i want it done asap.looks good.

Hi Gary, that bowl looks cherry!! 😀 great tips buddy, I love Howard finishes! Thanks for sharing! Have a good one!

Thx for the tip with mineral oil and sanding

Beautiful piece. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍❤️

Great looking bowl, Gary!

Nice! Lately I've been using Butcher Block on the inside and Fed & Wax on the outside. Love the stuff.

Great looking bowl Gary.

That was awesome! Great job. 💫🪵

That is very nice Gary. good tip on mineral oil and sanding my friend thank you 🙏🏽

Thanks again for sharing!!

Great results Gary!

Had my share of cracks with wet cherry. will have to try the mineral oil trick. Nice piece and thanks for sharing.

Gonna try it. I turn a lot of wet wood. Interested in seeing the results with what I have. Thank you for sharing.

Beautiful bowl Gary!! Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

That little bowl really popped when you put the finish on it. Well done Gary. 👍🏻

Gary what a nice experiment and a nice bowl. You are correct it will make a nice popcorn bowl but like you not big enough for me.

I think I'd have to say that I really enjoy your intricate segmented designs, but I also love when you (and Uncle Phil), allow the wood to 'speak', and review what it wants to be.🕊️☮️✌️

Agree. Part of a hand-turned wooden bowl is the character, color, cracks n all! I never wait either - nice looking bowl 👍

That came out really nice. Thx for sharing.

thanks for the mineral oil tip I'll give it a go

Very nice bowl!

wow Very nice bowl and finish!

I use a dogwood bowl I made for my popcorn and the more I use it, the prettier it gets.

Cherry is very pretty. It’s good to know that it didn’t crack using the mineral oil

Awesome grain

Looks great

So you obviously like popcorn, Papa G... a lot! Beautiful turning ❣️👍✌️

Great job!

HI Phil beautiful cherry wood. nice and simple makes a change from compilcated bowls. lol

Awesome.

Hi Gary Always nice to turn green wood 😁 Beautiful video very interesting and informative 👍😉 Take care my friends 🙏 Morgan

Thanks for showing the green wood techniques.

Not big enough for your popcorn?!? Now I know we would get along well, Gary. That bowl is barely big enough for my Smarties, my friend!! LOL! That is a really beautiful bowl. I can’t wait for next weeks video! I am really looking forward to winning - I mean entering - your contest. 😂🤣😂🤣 this was another great video, Gary! 👍👍👍 Take care, my friend. Happy turning, …..Gord

.....about as 'natural' as it gets. I love it!

Very nice

Great job, wonderful results!! Love that natural looking finish!!

Great tip Gary!!, you've taught me so much about turning, thanks so much!

Love the shape of the bowl and the Cherry grain is really beautiful. Another fine result. Appreciate you sharing some new sanding techniques!

This bowl is very nice. The wood has a lot of character with the different colors. I really like it! Great work! Bravo!

Very pretty bowl and a great bunch of tips to deal with green wood, thanks Gary! Cheers Al

WOW Gary what a Great finished piece 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

Really nice

Thanks, Gary. As I'm sure I've mentioned before, I just began my wood turning journey. My first project was a set of chopsticks. Purple heart, otherwise plain and entirely serviceable. My second project was a bowl, intended to be about 6"dia. by 4" deep. I was using a piece of what I jokingly called snot pine. It might be oak, it might be maple but it surely is snot pine. Once I got into it it turned out to be punky oak, loaded with worm holes. By the time I ha peeled away the punk it ended up as a saucer about 4"x 1 1/2". I had decided I was on on my last pass with the gouge and would go to the scraper when I got a catch in the corner and the part tore from my chuck in more pieces than even the most creative use of CA could cure. That was it, I was out of wood. SoI grabbed a hand saw, stepped out the door and stopped at the first tree I came to. When I looked it up it turned out to be "speckled alder", about 6" at the base. I took it down, cut four feet of the bottom and have been happily making it into wet chips ever since. Probably need another length after this next weekend. But again, thank you, you gave me some great tips to keep my projects from cracking.

Great looking bowl Gary. I don't like waiting either, but I only recently got some green wood to turn. Thanks for sharing.

Very beautiful Gary outstanding as always I love Cherrywood can’t wait until next weeks project maybe I’ll get lucky and win it take care and God bless

Love the bowl and thanks for the information on how you worked on the wet wood. You added a lot of knowledge for me to use on a few pieces of fresh cuts I’m getting ready to do

I have been wondering about turning green wood and found this work very interesting.

That really beautiful

Cherry is so pretty and turns so easily. I love the idea of wet sanding with mineral oil.

Very very pretty bowl. Glad you found a way to keep the wood from cracking.

Great job Gary! the grain is just beautiful. Love that natural looking finish take care Dave

Looking good Gary, cherry is one of my favorites. Keep up the great work!

Gary, you made another bowl that is simply beautiful and beautifully simple.

Thank You Gary.... Having fun in your shop while the storm is raging outside. Your Monsoon Bowl and I am surprised how quickly (3 to 4 days) you were able to go from wet wood to dry bowl. I am looking forward to next Fridays show (it sounds like it will be very interesting). .... TM

Pretty bowl , I like every thing you do. You and Phill our Buddy have really helped me with my turning. Thanks Buddy ❤️

What Phil Anderson said!! Nice to see someone deviate from the tried and true and find new methods!

Awesome light weight bowl nicely turning green wood first time I have seen, take care Gary.

Just started turning. Find your turnings fasinating

Very nice Gary I like a good green bowl cuts like butter.

Really great info in your videos Gary! I can learn so much. Great video and bowl!

I like bowls with bark on them. The bowls with a lot of bark are even better. I also like the bowl you turned today. I never knew that mineral oil would help with sanding. I try to learn something new every day.

A danged pretty little turning and I'm looking forward to your surprise next week. Oh yeah, my baby boy lives up in Seattle and said he was darned near washed out to sea by the last set of storms! Thankfully, he can swim quite well.

Good evening, Gary. Great video. I love turning wet wood but don't like waiting for it to dry so I can finish it. Your tips may be helpful in my next wet project. Your cherry made a beautiful bowl. Thumbs up.

That turned out really nice. I was doing the same turning when I got a catch that loosened my small face plat by bending the screws. Then I realised that I did not bring up the tail stock to support my bowl. Well lesson learned. Thanks Tim

Gorgeous Piece Gary. I love turning green wood and I will be changing the way I sand and finish it now. Never thought to use mineral oil to sand or the butcher block conditioner for a finish. Thank you. 👍

I like wet wood turning also. It is a challenge preventing cracking. My son in law brought me several cherry logs from family land and made 3 live edge bowls as Christmas presents for his family. They loved it. Thx for great videos.

Hi Gary! Impressive fir trees, and impressive turning of that wet green cherry 👍🏻 I am surprised by how little it moved in the drying box, and no crack at all 😎 Well done with the sanding, too 👏🏻 Lovely bowl, beautiful wood and surely the popcorn will look great in it, even if not for long 😉 Well done, Gary, take care!

I'm fairly new to turning (started August 2020) and have only completely finished about 50 bowls to date and have used Howard's Butcher block conditioner on nearly all of them. I love how it brings out the grain in the wood. Thanks for sharing! Stuart

I love your turnings,and it brings a lot of enjoyment to you and those that watch your skilled and masterful hands at work , creating beautiful and unique art , thanks for sharing your time and talent ,

One just has to love Cherry wood . That was a very interesting experiment Gary . I look forward to try that wet sand with Mineral Oil . I think I have a nice piece of Cherry I am plan on sending up your way come spring when I cut the tree down . It has been girdled since May . That was quite the storm that blew through eh ? We had it down here as well . Wow !

beautiful bowl I turn dry wood and it is much different think I will try some wet wood.

I'm new to turning and I'm still experimenting with fallen branches in the neighborhood. It's great to see how well green wood can turn out (oh, that's a pun!). 👍

Toujours un plaisir de regarder tes vidéos Gary bravo 👍👏🇨🇭

Very nice Gary! I love watching those long shavings go flying. I have a heck of a time keeping wet turnings from cracking as they dry. I’ve always been able to sand the wet wood in some manner, and I suppose the friction heat maybe dries the bowl too quickly? I’ll certainly try the mineral oil next time. Beautiful grain pattern and colours you ended up with! Cheers, Rick