cutting tools, medium fluted gouges, etc. Other techniques Eccentric turning – turning a single piece multiple times, upon different axes each time. Oval or elliptical turning – turning a piece using an accessory mounted to the headstock that changes the center of rotation of the piece in time with the rotation so that a cutting tool held in a fixed position on the tool rest cuts an oval rather than a round path on the workpiece Sculptureturnery – turning on a lathe that will generate turned work that is not necessarily circular, can be any of the following crosses –sections; elliptical, triangular, square, pentangle, hexagonal, or heptangular. Multi-dimensional woodturning – requires that the workpiece as it rotates will be able to move cyclically along the lathe bed and/or simultaneously move cyclically across the bed. Three-dimensional woodturning – is where the shape produced by the lathe is not symmetrical about the axis of rotation. Therming – mounting a carrier between centers, and then mounting the small workpiece(s) to the carrier, so that the axis of the headstock/tail-stock does not pass through any of the workpieces, and each workpiece gets cut only on one face. As noted in Wood-turning Methods by Mike Darlow, the etymology of the term "thermal" comes via a corruption of the name of the Greek god Hermes, who was often represented as a statue set atop a plinth with a construction characteristic of themed work. Segmented turning – a method of woodturning where the wood blank is constructed from many individual pieces of wood (segments) which are glued together before being turned. Many interesting patterns can be generated through the process of gluing and shaping the lathe. Green or wet turning – turning wood while its moisture content is above equilibrium. Often done when the wood is newly felled. May be turned to finished thickness, in which case the differential shrinkage of the wood will result in a finished piece that is not perfectly round. Alternatively, it may be "rough turned". Rough turning involves turning the piece only to its general shape, leaving enough thickness so that after turning it can be allowed to dry to equilibrium moisture content and distort. The advantage over first drying the wood and then turning is that a rough-turned piece dries faster, will probably distort instead of split as solid wood tends to, and that wet wood turns better since it creates