It is a fantastic hobby, I am only 2 years into turning whereas I have been woodworking for many many years. Most of my woodworking is with hand tools, I got the lathe just to make round parts for other projects but now turning has opened up many avenues such as green wood, something I had never used before. Unfortunately I don't own a bandsaw so all of the green logs I have recently got will need splitting, fortunately I do have a maul and froe although the cherry is quite twisted in it's grain and very hard to split, I got the wood for free so I suppose I shouldn't complain.