Tiger Maple Hardwood

Tiger maple is an exotic hardwood with a distinctive wavy or curly pattern that can resemble tiger stripes.

Tiger maple hardwood.

Matched cherry walnut and tiger maple table tops that are kept together from the log. Curly maple is considered a grain pattern that can be found in nearly all acer species. The hard maple is the state tree of wisconsin vermont new york and west virginia. Maple trees fall into two broad categories.

Tiger curly or figured maple is an aberration that occurs in all the species of maple on an irregular and unpredictable basis and changes a good utilitarian hardwood into one of our true domestic exotics. Curly or tiger maple is highly prized for all forms of woodworking and can be purchased in 4 4 through 12 4 stock. 1600 for the pair. 30 2 to 44 0 lbs ft 3 485 to 705 kg m 3 depending on species.

Northwest timber specializes in highly figured hardwood lumber such as quilted maple figured claro walnut and oregon myrtlewood. Tiger maple matched sets of lumber at good hope hardwoods please left click to enlarge small photos we stock tiger maple in 4 4 tiger maple5 4 tiger maple6 4 tiger maple8 4 tiger maple12 4 tiger maple16 4 tiger maple20 4 tiger maple. The best description i can come up with is that the growth of the wood fibers is distorted to produce various types of figure that are independent of the wood grain itself. Curly maple fiddleback maple tiger maple flamed maple rippled maple botanical designation.

Also known as curly maple or flame maple tiger maple s durability and its array of patterns make the wood a popular with woodworkers who want to design a unique decorative piece of furniture. The term tiger maple is most often given to curly soft maple because the curly stripe in it resembles the stripe of a tiger. Primarily temperate regions in the northern hemisphere average dried weight. Curly hard maple birdseye cherry ambrosia spalted maple black walnut ash torrefied roasted maple stabilized curly wood.

Located in northern michigan we are in the center of birdseye maple country. The tiger maples boards below are ghh set 85. Quality hardwoods in wide widths up to 20 unsteamed black walnut. Not a distinct species of maple.

Buy individual curly figured tiger fiddleback luthier maple and see pictures of each. Each week local loggers harvest birdseye maple and curly maple tiger maple trees and bring them to area log bids. Curly maple tiger maple is traditional hard maple sugar maple rock maple hard rock maple with a soft and flowing figure. The pair of boards are 99 long cut 8 4 thick.