Big salad bowls are made from big pieces of wood. Acquiring this
material is considerably more involved that driving to a wood supplier
and throwing a few boards in the back of the car. Earlier this year I
purchased six big logs, a mixture of maples, yellow birch and beech.

Read the full story and see the pictures at
http://chipshop.blogspot.com/2006/10/stuff-that-salad-bowls-are-made-of.html



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Derek Andrews, woodturner

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