On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 10:54:34 +0000, Andy Dingley
wrote:

On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 22:11:49 -0600, Australopithecus scobis
wrote:

If you live outside
Arizona there's a lot of this going on

?

They don't have trees in Arizona, or at least not so they can spare
them for casual garden re-modelling and giving away to passing
turners.

Incorrect, as it happens.
In fact turning is one of the few kinds of woodworking where you can
collect your material for free in the desert parts of Arizona.

People take out trees all the time for remodeling, storm damage, etc.
Of course your species selection is rather limited, but if you like
working in mesquite, eucalyptus, olive, mulberry, and a variety of
exotic woods, you can get all the material your heart desires just by
cruising neighborhoods after a summer thunderstorm.

--RC
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
--Friedrich Nietzsche
Never get your philosophy from some guy who ended up in the looney bin.
-- Wiz Zumwalt