Norway maple

[Wally Wenzel]

Hi All, I just got hold of a bunch of norway maple and was wondering if that is considered a hard or soft maple. It was free so it is good wood i know. thanks Wally

[ROY DICK]

http://www.unh.edu/neeg/normape.html

I hope this helps , it's all I could find so far.

Roy

[Jim Becker]

Soft maple to the best of my knowledge. Excellent to turn and you can often get some nice knarly wood from the base of the trunk as well as "pre-spalted" turning stock. This is really a weed tree around here...the aggressiveness mentioned in the material Roy linked to is spot-on. I've taken down quite a few on our property, either because they were in the wrong place or because they were no long safe to have around.

[Don Orr]

A soft Maple and an invasive species that crowds out native trees. Good for turning though as they all should be cut down due to their prolific invasive nature.;):eek::D