Warren in Lancaster, PA
I would question why you want to do the turnings green. I have often done rough turning green, then let the cylinders sit and dry for six months or more before doing the fine turning. Green turnings will fuzz up and lose crispness and smoothness when they dry.

I sit in a 200 year old Windsor every day . I can't imagine the maker was weighing spindles, putting tenons in hot sand, burning light bulbs, or the like.