Purely by chance, I e-mailed somebody selling a few turning tools that I was interested in, and she happened to mention that she wanted someone to buy the contents of her late brother's workshop. To cut a long story short, I met her today at the workshop and this is what I came away with.....
In this picture, there are mainly burrs. For example, 3 pieces of myrtle, each 8x8x3, 8 pieces of thuya, 4 of them 6x6x2 and 4 of them 5x5x2, 2 pieces of jarrah, each 5x5x3 and a superb piece of finely burred elm, 11inch diameter x 2" thick, the entire piece is covered with fine, pippy little knots.
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In the next picture, there's mostly spindles, but it includes gems like a couple of pieces of 2x2 pink ivory, each 12" long and a chunk of cocobolo, 3x3 and 12" long....to say nothing of 18" lengths of olive ash, lengths of ebony and macasar rosewood
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...this lot has some real chunky olive ash, in 3" thick square, 10"x10", as well as two pieces of elm, the same size (and one of them has a burr along one edge
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and the final load of timber, is still in my trailer because I just don't know where to keep it. It's lengths up to 4ft, of boxwood, yew, apple and cherry...
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as well as this, there was a Tyme Avon lathe, a few expanding collet chucks, four turning tools (including a 1.5" x 0.5" scraper), a box full of finishes, a box of tiles and mechanisms, a box full of magazines and clock plans.....and sacks of firewood.
Where the heck am I going to start?