Curly Hard Maple Lumber

In the north during the cold nights and warm days of late winter the sugar maple is tapped for its sucrose containing sap the source of maple syrup.

Curly hard maple lumber.

Our curly maple lumber and curly hard maple lumber are both available in random widths and lengths as well as wide book matched and sets from the same log for consistent color and figure throughout. Curly maple also referred to as sugar maple rock maple quilted maple and hard rock maple is a beautiful wood for any woodworking project that has a soft and flowing figure that many woodworkers seek and curly maple has been a favorite among furniture makers in america since the early. Curly maple figuring is similar to quilted maple but curl is a primarily horizontal pattern perpendicular to the wood grain. For over 50 years we ve been offering superior custom selected kiln dried figured hardwoods such as curly maple curly cherry curly red oak curly yellow birch etc.

The hard maple is the state tree of wisconsin vermont new york and west virginia. Curly hard maple is hard maple lumber with a figure that typically runs across the width of the board. All lumber is custom picked to insure wood quality the best of figure and is kiln dried 6 to 8 moisture content. Unlike quilted maple curly maple is most pronounced when the board is quartersawn and the curls usually become much less pronounced or absent in flatsawn sections of boards.

Curly maple hard maple overview. Curly maple tiger maple is traditional hard maple sugar maple rock maple hard rock maple with a soft and flowing figure. While it is most commonly found in the softer maples it is also seen regularly in hard maples which is what we offer. Curly maple or tiger maple so called for its abundant tiger stripe figuring is also not a specific species of maple.