Todd,

Here's a few of my secret sources for exotics! I'm sure you can do much
better with about any of these sights. I'd bet by at least 1/2 ! Don't tell
anyone now, this is a secret! lol I've done business with all of them over
the years with much satisfaction.

http://www.gilmerwood.com/ , http://www.anexotichardwood.com/ ,
http://www.eisenbran.com/ , http://www.righteouswoods.net/

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just more hot air! 8^)

Sherm
aka "cuesmith" in yahoo
Sherm Custom Billiard Cues by,
Sherman Adamson
3352 Nine Mile Rd., Cincinnati Ohio 45255
Shop (513)553-2172, Cell (513)509-9152
http://www.shermcue.com Over 20 years experience
almost a decade in "The American Cuemakers Association"
"todd" wrote in message
...
I have a friend who wants me to build him another table. The proportions
of
the table would amount to a relatively large coffee table. It will
actually
be used for writing, but due to a back problem, he is most comfortable
sitting on the floor, which is why the table height will be about 14". We
looked at lumber today, and he is really enamoured with making the top
from
padauk and the base from Gaboon ebony. He's aware that just the lumber to
make the base will run somewhere around $800-900. Around here, Gaboon
ebony
is $112/BF. My question is: assuming money is not the greatest concern,
is
there anything inherently nuts about making a table base from ebony?

todd