I think I'll need a bigger lathe to handle these. I got these 2 pieces today, one is red cedar and the other is catalpa.
I'd never heard of catalpa but I did a little research an it looks to me to be similar to butternut.
I'm not sure but it's very dry and there is tons more where this came from so I hope it's nice. Anyway, I've been thinking about a Laguna 1836 anyway so maybe now is the time.