Many turners have walked into their favorite woodworking store, checked the price tag on a beautiful bowl blank, and nearly fainted. Why is wood so expensive and how can you find, and turn, free wood? For spindle work most turners look for seasoned wood. You can find inexpensive chunks of seasoned wood for your spindle work from several sources: Narrow pieces of wood that wood dealers have a hard time selling. Discarded wood from cabinet or furniture makers. Oftentimes called 'drop.' Firewood Skids and pallets are a great source of thick timber. Pallets coming from the orient are oftenti ..read more