A Green Wood Box?

[Dudley]

I was watching "Woodturning Techniques" today with Dave Hout. He and a student made a box out of green wood. He didn't go into finishes or waxes or drying? Why won't this box crack or warp?

I'm just curious as to how you can turn a box end grain from green and keep it true or solid.

 

[KEN RIEDEL]

If you turn them thin 3/16 or less they don't crack, warp they will. some that I have made out of dry wood , sealed and finished move with humidity.

 

[john lucas]

Dudley I haven't seen that show but I turn a lot of ornaments out of green wood and they always warp. I turn them thin so they rarely crack. I've made boxes from green wood but I rough them out and then dry them in the microwave. I won't say you can't make a box from green wood but if you do the lid probably won't fit after it dries. I suppose you could turn one where the lid sits on top and overlaps the bottom. When they both shrink and dry the lid would still fit on top but since they would both be oval the lid will only fit propery in one position.
Dave is pretty sharp so I figure he knows what he's doing. There may be another explanation for what he did on that demo.