Hello fellow woodworkers!! It’s time once again for another installment of “Wood Gloat”!! Rockler had another sale on curly maple last week, so I decided to go and check out the boards.
Well I was the 1st one there, but there was another lumber hunter there, and we went at the two pallets. After getting to the bottom of my pallet, I found two incredible boards!! One 14.1/2” wide, and the other 13” wide! I also found 4 boards with similar curl, including one that was 9” wide. All these boards were $4.49 per b/f, and all 4/4. And I mean real 4/4, over 1” thick!! This was a great score!!
Here’s a pic that will make you dizzy with all the waves in it!!
-- Matt Garcia Wannabe Period Furniture Maker, Houston TX
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tdv
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#1 posted 854 days ago
I’m Sick Matt I just bought a 2×10 curly maple board 9 ft long & paid £165 for it. America is definitely the place to buy wood
Cheers
Trevor
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blackcherry
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#2 posted 854 days ago
Just beautiful Matt, and nice looking project off to the side. I like working with soft maple myself, enjoy riding all those waves…BC
HokieMojo
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#3 posted 854 days ago
Thanks for posting! I love pictures of this stuff.
dbhost
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#4 posted 854 days ago
I scored a bit of that curly maple myself (not a lot, 10 bd/ft). Let it acclimate to your shop before surfacing it…
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#5 posted 854 days ago
Now that is nice..
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Beginningwoodworker
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#6 posted 853 days ago
Nice gloat, I love that Curly Maple.
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supervato
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#7 posted 853 days ago
Hey bro those are some freaking sweet boards. And being that wide is priceless.
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#8 posted 852 days ago
great find
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Ben
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#9 posted 851 days ago
Great looking wood! Looking forward to seeing it put to use.
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