Post #752092 by TheBigT on Tue, Oct 6, 2015 7:17 AM

On 2015-09-28 08:31, AlohaStation wrote:
People always ask me what I think is the best kind of wood for carving. The answer is always the same - FREE (or very cheap) WOOD! Will Carve and I hooked up with a craiglist seller this weekend. He was a nice guy, who had stored a deceased friend's wood shop in his garage for several years. The deceased wood worker was WWII veteran that survived the Battan Death March. There was a lot more available but that was the limit of our budget (for this trip). Scored some great tools, jigs, turning tools, and wood. Here's the wood I scored - guessing its mostly mahogany but there are some other interesting species in there too.

[ Edited by: AlohaStation 2015-09-28 08:32 ]

I hear ya on the FREE part. I have lots of free oak and pecan. It's like stone when you take a mallet and chisel to it. I don't think I have enough cartilage in my shoulders left to consider those anymore. :lol: