I can't quit saving pieces of firewood headed for the furnace to use in the woodshop. This little piece is one I trimmed off of a corner of a much larger piece like it.
It's lightly spalted tiger maple.
Tiger Maple is figured maple not a different species of maple. What you see is not growth rings but a grain distortion that sometimes forms running the other direction.
I also have a small but growing batch of saved sections of 8" to 12" diameter hollow limb wood that is going to become natural looking bird and squirrel houses.
I can't help it... I just can't chuck that kind of stuff in to burn...
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Francis Robinson
I did not equip with Shopsmiths in spite of the setups but because of them.
1 1988 - Mark V 510 (bought new), 4 Poly vee 1 1/8th HP Mark V's, Mark VII, 1 Mark V Mini, 1 Frankensmith, 1 10-ER, 1 Mark V Push-me-Pull-me Drillpress, SS bandsaw, belt sander, jointer, jigsaw, shaper attach, mortising attach, TS-3650 Rigid tablesaw, RAS, 6" long bed jointer, Foley/Belsaw Planer/molder/ripsaw, 1" sander, oscillating spindle/belt sander, Scroll saw, Woodmizer sawmill
If your tiger-maple pile gets too big, you can always slice it up into blanks and sell it on eBay. (Or if that’s too much work, just ship the excess to me! ).
I daresay the wood in your photo would sell nicely.
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