Tiger Maple Hardwood

The hard maple is the state tree of wisconsin vermont new york and west virginia.

Tiger maple hardwood.

Curly or tiger maple is highly prized for all forms of woodworking and can be purchased in 4 4 through 12 4 stock. Curly maple is considered a grain pattern that can be found in nearly all acer species. The best description i can come up with is that the growth of the wood fibers is distorted to produce various types of figure that are independent of the wood grain itself. Tiger maple matched sets of lumber at good hope hardwoods please left click to enlarge small photos we stock tiger maple in 4 4 tiger maple5 4 tiger maple6 4 tiger maple8 4 tiger maple12 4 tiger maple16 4 tiger maple20 4 tiger maple.

Curly hard maple birdseye cherry ambrosia spalted maple black walnut ash torrefied roasted maple stabilized curly wood. 1600 for the pair. Curly maple fiddleback maple tiger maple flamed maple rippled maple botanical designation. Matched cherry walnut and tiger maple table tops that are kept together from the log.

Primarily temperate regions in the northern hemisphere average dried weight. Not a distinct species of maple. Buy individual curly figured tiger fiddleback luthier maple and see pictures of each. The pair of boards are 99 long cut 8 4 thick.

Also known as curly maple or flame maple tiger maple s durability and its array of patterns make the wood a popular with woodworkers who want to design a unique decorative piece of furniture. 30 2 to 44 0 lbs ft 3 485 to 705 kg m 3 depending on species. Birdseye maple curly maple. Maple trees fall into two broad categories.

Curly maple tiger maple is traditional hard maple sugar maple rock maple hard rock maple with a soft and flowing figure. Tiger curly or figured maple is an aberration that occurs in all the species of maple on an irregular and unpredictable basis and changes a good utilitarian hardwood into one of our true domestic exotics. Tiger maple is an exotic hardwood with a distinctive wavy or curly pattern that can resemble tiger stripes. Located in northern michigan we are in the center of birdseye maple country.

Quality hardwoods in wide widths up to 20 unsteamed black walnut. Northwest timber specializes in highly figured hardwood lumber such as quilted maple figured claro walnut and oregon myrtlewood. Each week local loggers harvest birdseye maple and curly maple tiger maple trees and bring them to area log bids. We regularly visit these bids to choose the best logs available.