Collecting and drying the wood is the beginning of the process. It is heavy noisey work. A chain saw, hand truck, and hard work are the norm.

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If you do not want to become that involved, you can buy all of your wood blanks, click here.

If not truck it home, unload, cut it smaller with the chainsaw, wax the ends to prevent rapid moisture loss.

Pick out a few pieces for the bandsaw, cut blanks appropriate to the grain structure in the log, you decide small bowl, large bowl, candle stick, or pen; it depends on your imagination and your reading of the wood. Now choose to set it aside to dry, or turn it green to a rough size and then dry. Patience is now your friend, typically you will wait a minimum of 6 months before touching it again with the lathe and tools.