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   john_c2 | Apr 11, 2022 07:24pm | #1

   Most turners get it from a tree.

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   curmudgeon | Apr 11, 2022 07:51pm | #3

   Badda bing

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   chuckvandyck | Apr 11, 2022 07:48pm | #2

   Thats the nice thing about turning items like vases and bowls. You just turn whatever size wood you have. Why the 6x24 restraint? Just turn a bunch and make some art. I keep a chainsaw in the trunk and just find stuff on the side of the road. Pretty common here in Brooklyn.
   That vase I posted to your last question about hollowing was oak offcuts someone in the shop I work out of the was throwing out.
   A little tip that I wish someone would have told me. Start small. 6” diameter by 24” is a beast on a lathe. Enough to really ruin your day, week, maybe month. Things do come off the lathe when you are just learning. Best thing to do is take a turning class.
   I recently got into the art of turning hollow forms. I kept failing on larger pieces(6x10 or so). I scaled it down and turned a handful of 3x3ish pieces while I learned what the different hollowing tools are useful for. Larger pieces are doable now.
   I’d glue up your scraps and practice. 4x4 doug fir from Lowe’s can be good practice too.
   If you stick with it you’ll start finding sources of green wood and your mind will be blown by how fun it is to work. All of a sudden those nasty stains and figure we despise in flat work become treasure.

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   woodsinwood | Apr 11, 2022 08:14pm | #4

   This is the vase I turned using your design. I am happy with it.

   
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   chuckvandyck | Apr 11, 2022 08:59pm | #5

   Hey that looks great!

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   woodsinwood | Apr 11, 2022 09:04pm | #6

   Also turned the starship enterprise, turned out ok.

   
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   rob_ss | Apr 12, 2022 05:19am | #7

   That is, as has been said, a big vase.
   As a single piece it will be challenging to do, with a lot of end grain hollowing. You'll certainly need a steady rest.
   Have look a olivier gomis on YouTube. He does some impressive segmented work.
   Where to find big wood has been answered above.

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   woodsinwood | Apr 12, 2022 07:45am | #8

   This is the steady rest that I made and used on the vase I show above.

   
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   chuckvandyck | Apr 12, 2022 01:57pm | #9

   Your initial questions would lead one to believe you were just getting started, but obviously you know what you’re doing.
   6x lumber doesn’t have much commercial appeal. Call some tree services and buy an electric chainsaw. Guaranteed someone will hook you up.
   When I first started I put off bowls for so long because no one sold anything bigger than a 3x3x8 bowl blank, and that seemed so stupidly small and wimpy. Eventually I got outta that mindset and now I love making small stuff.

   
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   john_c2 | Apr 12, 2022 04:25pm | #10

   Plus, most of the 3x3x8 stuff is horribly overpriced. Downed trees are free.

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   chuckvandyck | Apr 12, 2022 06:35pm | #11

   Its a crime! And for extremely unremarkable wood.