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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2019 9:26 pm
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Town dumps seem to be a good source. Another place to check out hardwoods is the local sugar bush. Some of the best fiddleback figured maple I have comes from trees culled from the maple syrup farms. Another wood to consider is boxwood where the overgrown hedges can sometimes give up pieces big enuf for instruments.MaineGeezer wrote:My cousin picks up firewood from where the town dumps trees it has taken down . I've asked him to be on the lookout for a likely looking billet of spruce . Maybe I'll expand that to include some hardwood as well..
No source for boxwood other than neighbors pulling out overgrowth. I think it would be exceptionally rare to find it in sufficient size for a parlor guitar. I've seen it big enough for a neck (laminated like a classical), but currently only sizes I have are good for a soprano uke, pegs & bridges, etc. I like working it tho.Very traditional for lute bridges.ruby@magpage.com wrote:Dan - I have never seen boxwood big enough for a guitar body - it is one of my favorite woods and I have plenty cut from neighbor's yards, but never seen anything bigger than a bridge or maybe some binding. I have plenty of tool handles and little implements made from itv- it is a dream to turn on a lathe. A few years ago I saw a blank big enough for a neck and I lusted, but it was something like $400. Do you have a source?
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