I have in mind a project the details of which if I made public on here might spoil the surprise.
I can say that it requires two contrasting woods, light and dark, that need to be joined in a curve and then turned on the lathe.
I am planning on making at least a couple of test pieces as the technique uses skills that are new to me.
I would like some help in choosing a suitable dark wood. The light wood will be beech or chestnut as they are readily available.
The wood needs to be easy to turn and be suitable for glueing, not horrendously expensive and be available in 12" widths and about 2" thick. Oh, and where to buy? I am happy to source in the UK as I have more than a year to get this done.
Apart from walnut, which I have experience with, I have seen purplehart, padauk, and wenge sold as blanks in suitable sizes but am not familiar with how they are to work with, gluing and turning?