Shokwood. Why not?

[on_the_edge]

Look up burls on craigslist. I have found a number of old burl clocks and coffee tables for very little $ and turned them into knife handles and native american flutes. I had one maple burl coffee table that was intensely figured that would have made well over 100 1x2x5.5 blocks for $50. But it got turned into more flute blanks.

An excellent notion. :thumbup:

 

[Randydb]

Picked this one up for $10. Not as big as the other one I bought but 3"x12"x20". Its got tons of swirls in it. I think I will be able to get at least 25+blocks that are 2x1.25x5.5 out of it. That's 40 cents a block.