Too pretty for firewood

[sweedish]

My dad bought a load of firewood. I took a split of it and hand planed it smooth on a side. Spaulted maple. Wish it was still on log form.

 

[weatherguy]

That is nice, still might be able to make something out of a couple splits.

 

[Bad LP]

What a waste but it happens.

 

[Diabel]

Fungus

 

[blacktail]

I had 2 very large bigleaf maples cut down. A custom guitar maker bought a few blocks off it and taught me a little about finding figure. I cut a few slabs off for projects but still find a lot of wood in my stacks with beautiful figure.

 

[Woody Stover]

That looks like a gremlin lying on the beach, with the tide coming in, and the hands of another, larger gremlin about to grab him..but I could be wrong.

 

[PistolPeets]

That looks like a gremlin lying on the beach, with the tide coming in, and the hand of another, larger gremlin about to grab him..but I could be wrong.

Now that you mention it.....

 

[peakbagger]

I dropped a damaged maple in the yard once. I bucked it up and then started splitting it and discovered major curl. Turns out it was a curly maple. Some of the nicest figure I had seen in awhile. Really nice looking firewood. The only good thing was it was "twin" to another maple that is still standing. The bark got hit by a plow and I can see evidence of curl on the remaining one so that one is going to be treated carefully.

 

[Stinkpickle]

That might make a pretty turkey box call lid.

 

[Chas0218]

I did this with a few black walnut splits.

 

[Zack R]

See if you can make some things with it on the lathe. Would make a cool looking bowl, bottle opener handle, etc......

 

[MaintenanceMan]

I found some nice looking spalted oak in the wood pile before and made some boxes out of it. Just couldn't burn it. Glad I didn't

 

[tadmaz]

Call me crazy, but I do not like the look of spalting.

 

[Woody Stover]

Call me crazy, but I do not like the look of spalting.

You, sir, are plumb loco.

 

[Qvist]

Burning some as well.

 

[gzecc]

Call me crazy, but I do not like the look of spalting.

I agree. I was recently in a guitar shop with my son looking at guitars. There was a spalted maple or ash guitar, looked like firewood to me.

 

[iLoveWood]

Beautiful, I love how that black stuff works wood. Your title, "too pretty" made me think about how I feel every time I buck up a birch.

 

[Chas0218]

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My dad bought a load of firewood. I took a split of it and hand planed it smooth on a side. Spaulted maple. Wish it was still on log form.

I just found some of this last night, I wasn't going to use it but the wife wanted to make some x-mas ornaments out of it. Happy it didn't all end up in the fire place although the heat isn't wasted.

 

[happycamper]

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My dad bought a load of firewood. I took a split of it and hand planed it smooth on a side. Spaulted maple.

save it and sell it for making pens

 

[RandyBoBandy]

That looks like a gremlin lying on the beach, with the tide coming in, and the hands of another, larger gremlin about to grab him..but I could be wrong.
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