Hi All
I have been tooling up to try my hand at making a few segmented bowls, already made a wedgie sled with stop, bought some wedgies, and installed and designed few bowls using the segment pro SW. I made a few "test" bowls and would now like to attempt a more decretive bowl using some exotics like Padauk, bloodwood, purple heart, etc.... For the few test bowls I made I cut up some domestic wood left overs I had from my furniture projects, but now I am wondering how and from whom do most people buy their exotic woods for doing segmented projects? The only HW dealer I have close by to my home only sells domestics and he is willing to get some exotics but I will need to purchase 20+bf of each minimum. Any advice you can give me on who or how to buy smaller amounts of exotics to make a few more interesting looking bowls and vessels?
Thanks
TomD