"Joseph Handy" wrote in message
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Sorry to post two in a row, but I am looking for suggestions for finding
inexpensive wood to turn.

I have an uncle who lives in a rural area and would probably share fire
wood with me. Would green, roughly chopped wood, work?

How about softwood throw aways from my local big box lumber store?


Look at your firewood before burning. Sometimes you get lucky.

http://photobucket.com/albums/d160/G...-The-Stove.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/d160/G...nt=Linseed.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/d160/G...rofile-Oil.jpg


Gratitude is important. As you gain a reputation for wanting oddball pieces
of wood, you must remember to repay in the appropriate coin. Can be a piece
of work from "their" wood, a six-pack of the favorite beverage, or taking
the farmer who skids for me and his wife out to Red Lobster for dinner and
not flinching when he ordered chicken.

Then you can come home as I did one snowy day, to discover a 16 inch 8 foot
cherry log beside the drive. Remained a mystery for four months until I got
a Short Of Breath - love the dispatcher shorthand "old, SOB" comes over the
pager - call to an acquaintance's house. Between vitals, we chatted in the
back of the rig. It was he who delivered the log.