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   jvk | Aug 11, 2008 06:45pm | #1

   You'd use an edge glue up of several boards maybe 2" thick to make a rough dimension, then turn.  There should be a sawmill that sells dried rough lumber somewhere near you, wherever that may be.

   trimjim
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   [email protected] | Aug 12, 2008 03:52pm | #3

   Thanks-another friend suggested the same thing. Doing the math and making up staves out of 8/4 or 6/4-doing the glue up and then turning the shape. I guess cutting the angle I'll need will be with table saw rather than router bit-don't think I could find a tall enough bit for 8/4 work. thanks again.

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   thumbnailed | Aug 11, 2008 11:51pm | #2

   Usually a base that large is coopered, the thickness of the stock depending on how much profile you're turning on the pedestal. You could use a spline near the inside of the coopered pieces, to keep it away from the turning detail, or you could do it like the old-timers and sqare one edge and angle "bird's mouth" the other edge. The angles take a little figuring, but it's not really hard to do.