Thread: Qld Maple

Figured and quarter sawn
Pretty stuff!
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Birds-eye figure
Pretty too
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This bad boy is over 1200mm wide
Milled some 13 slabs out of 1 billet...all BIG!
Lovely crotch grain
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Here's some tasty fiddleback...yum!
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Some brilliant compression grain in this slab
This will polish up a treat!
Even the colour is displaced by the figure...crazy grain
I am thinking a huge platter will be its destiny
Will post pics when it is turned into something special
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Re-sawed a number of 8x8 and 8x6 flitches into boards
Here's a nice butterfly matching pair
And on the quarter
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Originally Posted by Log Dog

Re-sawed a number of 8x8 and 8x6 flitches into boards
Here's a nice butterfly matching pair
And on the quarter
Log Dog

ill take it!

Not posted on here for a bit
So time for a few pics
This is why I love Qld Maple
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Originally Posted by Log Dog

Your right Ian...quilting is the correct terminology for this sort of grain
Interesting discussions to be had on the occurrence of fiddleback grain and why it happens in some species more than others
I milled a Blackwood some years back and every single branch without exception was fiddleback...even the top of the tree where compressional forces were not at play was riddled with the fiddle
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genetic causes! I have seen the same in gidgee

Originally Posted by Euge

genetic causes! I have seen the same in gidgee

In some cases Genetics for sure are at play
Certain species seem to be susceptible also
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Some very speccy grain here
Freshly thicknessed...yum!
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A couple more pics while the thicky is set up
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Here's some figured quartersawn stuff
Some of the prettiest Maple I have ever milled
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Thicknessed a couple of pieces today

Nice fiddleback and colour

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