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curly / quilted / flamed maple question

Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2022 8:42 pm
by gilles
A question for those of you that harvest your own maple wood...
Is there a way to identify curly, quilted, birds eye or flamed maple before sawing the wood?
Are there identifiers on the log itself?
Thanks.

Re: curly / quilted / flamed maple question

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2022 4:39 pm
by John Parchem
From what I understand if you really know what you are looking for it is possible to make a good guess. But without experience the differences are subtle. I generally know because I buy sets labeled as curly, quilted, birds eye or flamed maple.

Re: curly / quilted / flamed maple question

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2022 3:16 am
by Herman
Somewhere I read quote of a logger, who said that birdeye maple is mostly found in trees that have a lot of dividing branches on low side of the trunk. fwiw.