I will say that it is a tricky , and a bit of a pain to turn.
The palm woods are actually in the grass family as opposed to trees/shrubs. The dark fibers running the length of the wood are quite hard, and the lighter part filling in the space between the dark fibers is soft and even punky. I like to drill it, cut the corners off on my band saw, to make the cross section octagonal, and then I soak it with thin CA to stabilize it. Then I glue in the tube and turn it, adding more thin CA as necessary.
This said, it is one of my favorites once the work is done!