This was an experiment that ended up poorly... This was a piece of Brenda's wood that I am trying to make something out of. I had roughed half the log out and I am letting it dry some.. The sap wood is oxodizing (I think) and is turning rusty colored. I had just been to a club meeting where the demonstrator mentioned that he turns as green as possible and the sapwood does not get as brown and more contrast if turned green... I thought I would turn the second half of log green and see what happens... I have not been turning much and have been making lots of errors by getting too thin in some spots. So I just wanted to get some turning in and make some sawdust. I was doing pretty good and it sanded nicely doing well. I liked it a lot... the sap wood was turning out nice and white which is what I was trying to do. The base was discolored and I wanted to try and finish it. I put it in my cole Jaws but I was afraid of distorting it and making the rim wavy. I pulled up the tail stock and was taking off the base. the knob that the tail stock was in split and instead of just carving or snapping it off, I tried to turn it off and it jumped out and broke. I was bummed but I noticed how consistent it was all the way around. it is slightly thicker at the rim but I like the feel of that. 
