Soft maple lumber

Soft Maple lumber woo Acer rubrum lumber for woodworking. We are direct importers of exotic hardwoods. Maple trees are one of the most common species found in the hardwood forests of North America.

There are many variations of the species but . Surfacing and ripping available.

Acer rubrum, Acer saccharinum Other Names: Red maple, silver maple, box elder.

Generally the sapwood is greyish white, sometimes with darker colored pith flecks.

It has good machining properties, turning and planing quite well. It also has good steam bending . Maple is one of the widest spread species in North America and can be found in nearly every region of the continent. Gibson McIlvain stocks two of the most . Nobody had anything good to say about soft maple.

The wood of maples is often divided into two classes- hardmaple and soft maple. Hard maple includes sugar maple and black maple. Soft maple is an increasingly poplar lumber category. Our Red Maple hardwood is in high . Although not as tough, stiff, or heavy as hard . It glues, screws, and nails satisfactorily.

Polishes well and is suitable for . It is grown in Canada and the USA. You are buying the exact slab of lumber in the images shown. For those us who have been around lumber for . Because of its unique grey streaks and flags, ND maple has become popular for hardwood floors, kitchen cabinets, paneling and other applications. Heartwood varies from light to dark reddish brown and is straight-grained.

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