Reply by RVroman

I have turned red cedar without a problem, not sure about other types, but I cannot imagine why you could not. As far as turning a 12 inch bowl with a 12 inch swing, sort of. You can start with a [close to] 12 inch blank, but due to the shaping your final result will be less than 12”.

-- Robert --- making toothpicks one 3x3x12 blank at a time!