"Andrew Barss" wrote in message
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Leo Van Der Loo wrote:
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Lyn's point about my needing coring for small blanks is correct --
there's not lot of free wood in Tucson, and so I buy most of what I turn,
and that limits me to smaller bowl blanks.
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It seems I remember Spanish olive and desert ironwood being native near
Phoenix. Have you tried to locate any "free" samples of these? They're both
beautiful woods and turn well.

Ken Moon
Webberville, TX