The title says what I'm trying to do. As for the turning part of it I was thinking about turning things like the stretchers and spindles out of multiple species. Since I don't want to compromise their strength I tried an experiment with some scrap wood over the weekend. I turned a 1 3/4" square piece of red maple down to 3/4" in diameter in the center. I then took a piece of something else (could be a different type of maple or even cherry) and make it the same size with a drilled 3/4" hole in the center. I then split it using some feathers and a wedge to split the block so I could wrap it around the other piece and then glued them together. Is there an easier way? Is there a name for doing this that I can search for? I can post a picture tomorrow if needed.