staining quilted maple

[sapwood]

Kinda like the one your wearing in your avatar hu?

Jeff, guess you weren't around when the pilgrims landed. :lol:
David is the "redcoat" hiding in the back. Photochopping courtesy of Chris99z71 in November of 2005

With apologies for aiding and abetting the hijacking of this very informative post on staining quilted maple,
Roger

 

[OriginalChong]

With apologies for aiding and abetting the hijacking of this very informative post on staining quilted maple,
Roger

LOL, don't ever accuse me of posting a formal forum.

BTW, I live in the western part of Mass... we don't talk like retahds.

 

[DavidF]

Kinda like the one your wearing in your avatar hu?

Yep, come July 4th I have to keep a low profile, but if you guys catch up with me the blood doesn't show:lol: :lol:

 

[jeff...]

I drug out a piece of maple from a tree a sawed back last summer and ran it through the planner, is this what you guys call quilted maple? If so, I'm digging some big wide thick natural edged pieces out of the corner of my shop to sell over in my private stash thread. This board has so much curl I'm almost wondering which way the grain runs :roll:

Why in the world would anyone want to stain something this pretty?

 

[DavidF]

Lovely piece there Jeff - I would certainly call it curly Maple!

 

[MikeH]

That is awesome Jeff. I'll take a few pieces. ;-)

 

[jeff...]

Yeah it's certainly curly Maple, but what is the difference between quilted / tiger stripe and curly?

Thanks

 

[ptt49er]

Jeff, I'd love a piece of that curly...got a special project already in mind for it...please lemme know when you get ready to sell it.

 

[Douglas Robinson]

Jeff:

Ditto what Philip said. I'd like to buy a piece too. The lighter the better.

Doug

 

[DaveO]

Quilted Maple is generally Big Leaf Maple and has a much more 3-D look to it like rippling water -

While curlyy Maple is found in most Maple species and has a more linear figure to it -

Fiddleback Maple refers to curly Maple as it is often used on the back of musical instruments like fiddles. Tiger maple is curly where the stripes run across the whole board.
Dave

 

[DaveO]

More about the types of wood figure and some speculations into what causes them. A very interesting article -
http://www.ag.auburn.edu/aaes/communications/bulletins/figureinwood/


Dave

 

[jeff...]

Cool thanks Dave, I guess this is curly then... Honestly all I knew is it was pretty stuff when I cut it so I set some aside and figured I would make something out of it one of these days. I'm not sure how much of this stuff you guys want but I have several 2" thick large 18" wide slabs like this shorter one, but taller, it's to wide to get through my planner. I'll have to get out there and figure out what I got and the BF and all maybe this weekend.

Dave thanks for the link there man, I'm telling you you got enough knowlege to right a book - just do it please... I' going to pick up about 1000 BF of nice 24" dia +++ RO saw logs from a logger buddy of mine this weekend, can't wait to get those bad boys on the mill and QS them. I see oak and sycamore are mentioned in that link you provided under the heading Figure Caused by Ray Structure, that's something a sawyer can do to produce unique looking lumber. I still don't understand why some sawyers refuse to QS, stuck in their ways I reckon :-D


Thanks

 

[McRabbet]

Those are some beautiful slabs, Jeff. Best bet may be to surface them in a large capacity drum sander. If they are uneven in thickness, they might need to be run through on a sled with shims to make the surface parallel to the drum. BTDT!

 

[AL Spicer]

Jeff,

I don't know the difference either, but I with Doug and Phil. I sure would like to get my hands on some of it for a clock project I want to do.

Al

 

[jeff...]

I just posted 2 curly maple burl chunks here ---> http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8858
See if they are what your looking for, if not keep an eye on the thread I'll be posting more stuff as time rolls on.

Thanks