Tiger Maple Hardwood

Curly maple is considered a grain pattern that can be found in nearly all acer species.

Tiger maple hardwood.

Northwest timber specializes in highly figured hardwood lumber such as quilted maple figured claro walnut and oregon myrtlewood. Not a distinct species of maple. 30 2 to 44 0 lbs ft 3 485 to 705 kg m 3 depending on species. 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.

Matched cherry walnut and tiger maple table tops that are kept together from the log. Curly maple tiger maple is traditional hard maple sugar maple rock maple hard rock maple with a soft and flowing figure. 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. Curly maple fiddleback maple tiger maple flamed maple rippled maple botanical designation.

The hard maple is the state tree of wisconsin vermont new york and west virginia. Located in northern michigan we are in the center of birdseye maple country. Maple trees fall into two broad categories. Quality hardwoods in wide widths up to 20 unsteamed black walnut.

We regularly visit these bids to choose the best logs available. Each week local loggers harvest birdseye maple and curly maple tiger maple trees and bring them to area log bids. 1600 for the pair. 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.

The tiger maples boards below are ghh set 85. The term tiger maple is most often given to curly soft maple because the curly stripe in it resembles the stripe of a tiger. Curly hard maple birdseye cherry ambrosia spalted maple black walnut ash torrefied roasted maple stabilized curly wood. The pair of boards are 99 long cut 8 4 thick.

Tiger maple is an exotic hardwood with a distinctive wavy or curly pattern that can resemble tiger stripes. Birdseye maple curly maple. The term tiger maple is also given to a curly maple with exceptional or heavier than the normal figure. Buy individual curly figured tiger fiddleback luthier maple and see pictures of each.