l want to build a solid wood turntable

Once fully soaked/saturated the wood would require a minimum of 2 years (per 1" thickness) to air dry and become stable.

Perhaps less time if the larger surface area of the wood (cut considerably oversized to be cut/milled later on) is end grain, I would guess.

Faster/higher temperature curing can be/generally is problematic unless precisely/knowledgeably controlled.

If you are considering soaking/deeply saturating a "log" then plan on a decade, or more, of proper drying/curing.

Just something to think about.

How about something faster/easier to work with (like depleted uranium waste solids and/or plastic masses retrieved/cleaned from our oceans)?

DeKay

"Sam here and if i use a kiln or sun lamp would i be able to dry the wood faster?"...

I posted...

"Faster/higher temperature curing can be/generally is problematic unless precisely/knowledgeably controlled."

Further research on your part is required Sam.

Not into "wood" myself, but grew up with a neighbor who cut/dried hardwood and other trees to make furniture/paneling et cetera and it's a highly skilled process, for furniture and especially for a TT platter.

My father built a house in 1955/1956 with mahogany siding and it required a pre-drilled hole for every nail.

When he added a garage 5-6 years later -w- the same siding my job (I was 5-6 years old) was to drill the holes using a jig and a drill press.

Old growth mahogany is weird wood, similar to drilling thicker cold rolled steel which I later (years later) became familiar with.

Made a super duper hash pipe out of it though, when I was 16, which worked extremely well with digging into an egg/hash breakfast.

DeKay