Acer spp. of the family Aceraceae. Various pictures of wood identified only as maple and which I am unable to put into any of the other maple categories and/or for which I don't have enough samples to warrant a page of their own.
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of Florida maple / Acer barbatum
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of striped maple / Acer pennsylvanicum
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
maple, most likely hard (sugar) maple, that was recovered from the Platte River in northwestern Michigan after having been on the bottom for about 100 years. It was recovered by a correspondant who tells me that it is technically illegal to salvage logs from Michigan rivers because the Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR) prohibits anything from being taken from a waterway, especially a fishery. Notice the nice tight grain on this piece, as shown in the end grain pics below.
side grain and side grain closeup of the salvaged piece directly above
end grain and end grain closeup of the salvaged piece directly above
fiddleback veneer --- this is hard maple, I just need to move the picture over to the right page; the confusion stemmed from the fact that this was labled "Sycamore" (which IS its common name in England)
small burl block
same small burl block as above but moistened with water, which clearly makes a substantial difference in the color and beauty of the piece
burl veneer matched pairs
burl veneer matched pair with a monkey-face shown clearly
burl veneer sheet and closeup
"Patagonian" maple flooring sample donated by Dale Romain (thanks, Dale) --- I haven't yet attempted to find what this might be a synonym for, if anything. I think it might just mean "South American". I've rough sanded this piece and the scratches are still very visible but both the side grain and the end grain show up very nicely in the enlargements.
flat cut, quartersawn, end grain
striped maple (Acer pennsylvanicum, also listed as moose wood, striped dogwood and whistle wood) from The Wood Book --- both levels of enlargement are available for each of the 3 views
flat cut, quartersawn, end grain
vine maple (Acer circinatum) from The Wood Book --- both levels of enlargement are available for each of the 3 views
web pics
burls
both sides of a burl section
cluster burl veneer
angel step cluster veneer
crotch
figured
listed as "tiger" maple, which is what some vendors call fiddleback or strong curl pieces
figured bookmatched
figured veneer
flat cut figured veneer
raisin veneer
crotch veneer
russian maple
listed as fiddleback golden maple
soft maple planks
soft maple veneer
sugar maple
tiger stripe veneer --- some vendors call fiddleback figure "tiger"
western maple burl veneer
western fiddleback veneer
fiddleback veneer
western maple veneer
curly white maple
quilted white maple
listed as "flamed" red heart plank
red heart planks
rotary cut American maple veneer
American maple veneer
burl veneer
bookmatched burl veneer all from the same vendor
bookmatched angel step veneer sheets
angel step veneer sheets
pomelle veneer
sonoma maple burl
pacific coast maple
figured Oregon maple
soft maple burl
blistered western maple veneer
listed as "crown" maple
the maple in this little section was listed as "Eastern", a designation that I do not find in any reference works.
listed as quartersawn curly "Eastern rock" maple and looks to me to be red maple
listed as curly "Eastern" veneer
these are all from the BogusColorVendor. I seriously doubt that the actual wood has much or any of the red shown here. This is typical of the misrepresentation of this vendor.
figured maple
spalted piece with cluster burl
burl plank and a figured plank
Norway maple vase --- one side is figured and the other is spalted ... pretty neat.
both sides of a silver maple bowl
silver maple bowl --- the dark streaks/dots are stated to be resin canals; bowl turned by Wes Murphy
silver maple natural edge bowl
platter and bowl made from maple burl
maple burl guitar set
boomerang made from figured maple
cooking spoon made from "vine maple" by correspondant William Brooke in Beautiful Mt. Lehman, B.C. (I say that somewhat tongue in cheek because I have never been to B.C., but william says it is so and who am I to argue). William has provided me with consideable information on vine maple and I will post that when I get his sending of a direct sample of the wood, which he is drying right now. As he points out, the wood appears to have a slighly translucent quality at the transition point between early and late growth.
