Curly Maple Gloat

[John Michaels]

Got a major score on some curly maple last year. This is just a fraction of what I picked up. Two pickup truck loads plus the big slab with 2 live edges in the bottom photo, and 2 nine foot slabs that will be my future dining room table. All for $75 plus 3 days of my time working for him. Some of the boards were 12 feet long!! Sometimes I just stare at the wood thinking of what I'll make.

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[Chris Padilla]

Admirable gloat!!

[keith ouellette]

Thats gorgeous wood. maple is my favorite.

Is that also considered tiger maple by some?

[John Michaels]

Thats gorgeous wood. maple is my favorite.

Is that also considered tiger maple by some?

I think so. Seems like the term is used more often with eastern maple.

[Bill White]

You dog!
I'll send you my shipping address if you like. All that pressure has got to be tough on ya.
Bill :D

[John Keeton]

Fantastic stripe in that maple!! Sometimes, lady luck just jumps in and sits right down next to ya':D

[Craig Johnson]

Very nice!!

[David Christopher]

Great gloat. I wish I could some like that..its my favorite too.

[Jude Tuliszewski]

Beeee - u - teeee - ful. Nice price as well.

[Dave Ray]

John, you really struck pay dirt. You said you had to work three days for him, just between you and me who did you put the "HIT" on? http://sawmillcreek.org/images/smilies/tongue.gif Just kidding, but guys would love to have that lumber. Congrats on a great score

[John Michaels]

John, you really struck pay dirt. You said you had to work three days for him, just between you and me who did you put the "HIT" on? http://sawmillcreek.org/images/smilies/tongue.gif Just kidding, but guys would love to have that lumber. Congrats on a great score

Kind of a neat story. I have a window cleaning business, and last summer he and his wife call me to come do an estimate. The house is not that big square footage wise, but were talking glass floor to ceiling in some spots. Huge job! Plus some of the windows were in such awkward spots I had to sit there and contemplate how I was going to reach them. Anyhow, I notice that the furniture in his house looks like a fine woodworking gallery and turns out he built most of it himself. I tell him I do woodwoorking also and he shows me his maple stash out in the barn. I about fell over. Hundreds of large maple slabs, most with two live edges like the last photo above. So now I clean their windows and get beautiful wood as a trade.