b'Opposite page: I dont know how often this will happen; I waslegs are laminated from a number of sections. Not this time, approached by a retired wood work teacher who had a log tothese are the very best legs I have ever seen, apart from my get rid of. Four of these pictures show the log in various stageswifes.The wood is superb, and Ive been using it for the of cutting. It is clearly Rosewood, and the Liverpool markingnon-adjustable necks such as those on Martin Simpsons new suggests Indian, but the sawn faces were glossy and very tightguitars. grained, and it didnt smell like Indian, so Ive been assuming it isThe bottom picture shows how excellent timber has been made Brazilian. In order to get the widest sections, I had it cut throughalmost un useable. The large square section has been lathe and through, then I cut those pieces into the best back and sideturned into a pretty shape and a large hole has been drilled right sets I could manage. The very experienced sawyer who I usedthrough the centre. The wood is excellent material, but I cant wasnt sure what it was either so one day I will need to have itget big sections from it, so I had it all cut into one-inch slices. tested at Kew Gardens laboratory. I must make a list of thingsand it makes top quality material for back braces, relieving the to do. pressure on my dwindling supply of Sitka Spruce.Opposite page, bottom right: A half log that came from the same source. This time it is definitely Indian Rosewood, which would have had very little value unless it was quarter sawn. You can see how the angle of cut has changed each time it moves too far away from quarter. The resulting slices are excellent timber, but rather small, and I would love to find a project where I can make a number of matched instruments from the same log.This page: The top picture is part of a pallet of very old snooker table legs.All too often, these legs are made from the boxed heart of big logs, which is not at all stable, or sometimes the 151'