Wood dilema. Cant bring myself to resaw 12/4 curly maple

[Mike Langford]

Sell me some.....It'll make great mandolin sides and backs! (necks too!)

[Joe Jensen]

Here is one the 8 jewelry boxes I recently built with curly maple...joe

[Cary Swoveland]

Here is one the 8 jewelry boxes I recently built with curly maple...joe

Beautiful, Joe. Is the dark wood ebony? Are those dovetail splines?

Cary

[scott spencer]

Matt - Had to laugh about your hoarding of wood and hesitation to cut it, b/c I have the same tendency and was just thinking about that after reading John's post on the hickory floor.

The good news is that resawing stretches the wood to more or bigger projects!


Here's what I though were some good uses of my figured stock:

[Tom Young]

Matt,

I used curly maple for some interior draw fronts in this sapele lingerie chest I made for my wife. The idea was that when you opened the doors, you got a big surprise. She liked it. The chest was based on Glen Huey's plan in Popular Woodworking. If I'm not mistaken the Shaker's used curly maple in some of their work. I think it would be entirely appropriate to use it in your shaker pieces. Bottom line is use the wood, make something great, and post the pictures.

Tom

[Phil Clark]

Here is a wine cabinet with quilted maple panels. I am currently making a stickley sideboard with quilted maple that I cut into 1/8 (veneer) in order to cover the top and the front out of two eight foot 5/4 boards. I just couldn't use 5/4 boards where you can only see one surface! If you have a drum sander life gets easier with figured woods.

[lowell holmes]

I have two 4/4 pieces of mesquite that are book matched and are about 60" long having natural edges on one side. I think a sofa table or coffee table might be appropriate. I have allusions of a Nakashima type piece, but alas, I'm no Nakashima. :-) I've had the boards for a couple of years now.