Spalted Maple cabinet - Page 2 - Woodworking Talk

**Daren** · 03-27-2007, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by PPo

You should see what they charge for a spalted top on a guitar.

You should poke around the photo gallery here...How about some spalted curly maple

http://www.woodworkingtalk.com/galle...=500&ppuser=11

PPo · 03-27-2007, 06:13 PM

EXTREMELY NICE maple burl there. I have absolutely never seen a top with that figure on it.

The acoustic top with the spalt and the curl is nice, too, but that burl is just out of this world. It's too bad it looks like it's too small to be used in a guitar.

The desk set is superb.

In the world of guitars, there are two camps. The first wants to have the same thing everyone else has (not me), and the second wants to have something that nobody else has. It seems like there are no in-betweens. The custom builder market has figured out that they can really charge the guys in the second category an enormous amount, as most have no idea how much a piece of wood costs.

Example being charging a $600 upcharge for a 5A flamed tiger maple top.

**Daren** · 03-27-2007, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by PPo

EXTREMELY NICE maple burl there.

I just have baby burls...Burlkraft has whole trees

http://www.woodworkingtalk.com/galle...=500&ppuser=12

PPo · 03-28-2007, 06:58 PM

I'd like to have those trees. I'll bet there's all kinds of interesting things going on under the surface of those "tumors".

Burlkraft · 03-29-2007, 09:22 AM

I did saw one of those up...The one on the left. I needed some turning blanks and a mantle for the fireplace we're putting in during our addition and remodel...I was kinda surprised that past the burl...the wood is fairly straight grained and very plain...

mmwood_1 · 10-24-2007, 03:58 PM

The wood itself is, of course, awesome. I really like the arrangements, too.
http://markmeyerwoodworking.com

frankp · 11-01-2007, 11:55 AM

Okay, so what do you look for? I'm about to fell trees on my property including maple, oak, poplar and some others that I think might
be aspens but I'm not sure.

I love the more unique grain patterns but I have no idea what to look for in a standing (or felled) tree to determine whether or not it's going to be standard grain or one of the spalted grains.

Also, does anyone have a good resource for finding local mills (near DC)? I've found one but it's a long way from my house and I don't have resources for hauling large logs long distances.