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   plinthe | Jan 22, 2003 08:53am | #1

   Wow. Works of art in themselves. Do you know any thing about the trees, whether they were stressed or what kind of environment they grew in?

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   olyjerry | Jan 22, 2003 06:00pm | #2

   There were two trees growing out of the same stump.The Puget Sound is about 1/4 mile away.This tree was growing on the West side of the two trees . A fairly heavy canopy of Maples. And it was on the top of the hill. I'll saw the tree today ,can't hardly wait, it is going to be just beautiful. The piece with the red streak,looks like someone took a melon scoop to it. Later today I'll take some more pics. and post.

   Jerry

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   olyjerry | Jan 23, 2003 05:57pm | #3

   Plinth

   Here are pics from Wed. milling. Pic #29 is one group of boards and the following three pics are close ups from left to right. Pic #34 also a group and next three pics close ups from left to right.

   jerry

   
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   RickL750 | Jan 23, 2003 06:05pm | #4

   Very pretty, never used figured maple but after seeing these pictures it's something to consider incorporating in one of my next few projects.

   RickL

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   plinthe | Jan 23, 2003 08:12pm | #5

   Olyjerry,

   Looks like you won a lottery! I bet you won't be making shop jigs with those boards; let us know what you do when you stop admiring and dare to use them. You should have fun planing them.

   I haven't been doing woodworking for too long, but I've never seen such large red streaks. What kind of maple is that in your pictures?

   By the way, I have a 5-acre lot north of Montreal with mostly silver, norwegian and sugar maples (a lot of white and red pine, cedar, spruce and fir). I'm going to get a decent bandsaw so I can do more milling (been using my table saw or doing it by hand). Any tips as to spotting the figure ones?

   Have fun.

   Plinthe

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   olyjerry | Jan 23, 2003 08:48pm | #6

   As far as planing it shouldn't be too bad.I should be getting my new Woodmaster 718 planer variable sander any day now.This is large leaf maple from Washington state.Look for trees that under stress, Canopy,hill sides etc. May have to take a little bark off to see if grain is crooked.

   Have fun

   Jerry