Tap Hole Maple ( Better pictures )

It’s beautiful!

-- Matt, Houston Texas

When you see it on the front page, it looks like two pieces of maple with a gap between them. Now it makes a little more sense. AND, it looks bigger than the dimensions that you said it is.

-- Respect your shop tools and they will respect you - Ric

The first picture was taken with my camera on its side , so to avoid neck strain , I rotated the picture. It might be slightly distorted , but then again , so am I : ) The measurements stated are accurate. Thanks for your comments : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Doesn’t look distorted at all. I love my keyhole bit. Well ok, I LIKE it very much.

-- Respect your shop tools and they will respect you - Ric

hahaha LOL : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Very nice. You need to make your own tap to put in the hole. It shouldn’t be hard.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Wonderful! Smooth and elegant.

Very nice piece, beautiful lines and wood. I already knew about your being slightly distorted. : )

-- Dan Wiggins

Hi Karson , I was hoping to find an authentic tap to fill the void with. A friend of mine told me that he knew an old farmer that did a lot of sugaring and might still have some old taps , but unfortunately for both of us , he passed away from a totally unexpected heart failure before he could get in touch with the farmer. : (

Hi Karen , Thanks for the nice comments : )

Hello Dan ,Thank you for the compliments and also for picking up on the distortion comment !!! LOL

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Really beautiful wood, is this to represent maple sugar tapping? We Floridians don’t understand the term. Duh

-- Dan Wiggins

Dan , I’m sorry that I neglected to mention it came from a Maple tree that had been tapped to collect the Maple sap which eventually gets boiled down to make Maple syrup and Maple sugar candies , etc.. I guess it would look pretty silly if you tapped a palm tree and hung a bucket from it down there in Florida ! LOL..

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Here are some on ebay

and here

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Thank you Karson …I never thought of looking on Ebay for this item ! : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Nice little plaque.Good luck with finding the tap you need.Gotta be one out there somewhere.

-- Dustygirl..Hastings,Ontario.. How much wood can 1 gal chuck if 1 gal can't cut wood?

Great idea! In the sawmill we are always cutting these off and sending them through the chipper! I have always thought they looked cool but could never figure out what to do with them. I will now also have one of these hanging in my home. I’ll write Dusty56 on the back just for due credit. Cool!

-- There's many a slip betwixt a cup and a lip.--Scott

Dusty I’m glad we are buds now! I was going to answer your question on my project page but the second part makes more sense to post here.

Maple Tap holes. We get tap holes in certain runs of Hard Maple. It depends if a logger gets into a old sugarbush. In the sawmill it is completely undesirable for grade lumber, and either gets cut off or the board goes into pallet stock. Sometimes the logger will even butt the log off above the tap holes making a six foot piece of firewood. The brown streaks can easily run four feet in both directions and often the log or board has multiple tap holes and streaks in it.
Lumber Mill Tip: Typically the low-grade lumber has the best character and coolest defects. Everyone should stop at their local sawmill and ask to pick through a pack of pallet boards. It is the cheapest lumber typically around .20 a board foot and will always contain the tap holes, spalted or stained, cool ingrown bark, cat-paws, burl wood….... I come across some Flame birch once in awhile but not in the pallet stock ;)

-- There's many a slip betwixt a cup and a lip.--Scott

I don’t how many taps you want or how much you want to pay but here’s a link to them for sale. You might also look at the pictures and possibly make your own.
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38&_nkw=maple+tap&_sacat=See-All-Categories

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

thank you Gentlemen for the great leads and information : )

poroskywood , this is the reason I was asking you about the Flame Birch
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/7732 thank you

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

I think it’s a very interesting, and beautiful piece of wood. I also thought it was Birch. That cherry underneath is gorgeous!! Wanna donate it?? It’ll go to good use, I promise!!!

-- Matt, Houston Texas

that pretty nice looking. I just found a local guy who keeps tap wood in stock. i’d never seen it until saterday. it’s really beautiful, especailly when its finished

-- Sean Buffalo, New York