ahoiberg
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does anyone know which specie(s) of maple the really curly stuff comes from? strictly curious...
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ahoiberg
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just in case anyone else was curious: Acer Saccharum
"Sugar maple wood is the hardest and strongest maple wood. It polishes well and is widely used for furniture, cabinets, and violins and other musical instruments. It is also used for making bowling alleys. Some sugar maple wood has an unusual grain pattern that makes it particularly beautiful and valuable. This wood, called curly maple or bird's eye maple, is used in fine furniture and stringed musical instruments."
unfortunately, those of us in Colorado don't have all that many sugar maples around... mostly silver maple and norway maple.
"Sugar maple wood is the hardest and strongest maple wood. It polishes well and is widely used for furniture, cabinets, and violins and other musical instruments. It is also used for making bowling alleys. Some sugar maple wood has an unusual grain pattern that makes it particularly beautiful and valuable. This wood, called curly maple or bird's eye maple, is used in fine furniture and stringed musical instruments."
unfortunately, those of us in Colorado don't have all that many sugar maples around... mostly silver maple and norway maple.
Russianwolf
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where is the quote from?
From what I've always heard the figured maple is more common in soft maple species than in the hard maples.
From what I've always heard the figured maple is more common in soft maple species than in the hard maples.
ahoiberg
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mike,
this site seems elementary, but the info comes from World Book.
http://www.worldbook.com/wb/worldbook/cybercamp/html/walkmapl.html
also found this thread at sawmill creek about the same deal, lots of different answers here:
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=37186
and the overall impression i now get is that pretty much any maple can have curl or flame to it. but perhaps the super curly stuff comes from the slower growing maples, which i think are the harder ones. but "hard" maple generally means sugar from what i've read and the rest are "soft" in comparison. it doesn't really seem like there's any steadfast rules about the maples.
this site seems elementary, but the info comes from World Book.
http://www.worldbook.com/wb/worldbook/cybercamp/html/walkmapl.html
also found this thread at sawmill creek about the same deal, lots of different answers here:
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=37186
and the overall impression i now get is that pretty much any maple can have curl or flame to it. but perhaps the super curly stuff comes from the slower growing maples, which i think are the harder ones. but "hard" maple generally means sugar from what i've read and the rest are "soft" in comparison. it doesn't really seem like there's any steadfast rules about the maples.
Ron in Drums PA
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Sugar maple is really easy to find around me.
They are the trees that have buckets hanging on them early each spring.
They are the trees that have buckets hanging on them early each spring.
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