I told you I had a lot of maple coming soon.
the boards are about 2” wide (2 1/4”, but I believe that includes the T&G), 4/4 thick and varied lengths.
That room is 20’ x 40’—only about 5’ of it doesn’t have any planks. The pile is roughly 5-6’ tall.
With various amounts of help, I pulled these up from the floor and then moved them into this room. They will then get processed and sold. If you need some maple, LET ME KNOW!
All of is MFMA 2 or better. Most of it is labelled MFMA-1. It’s from 1974. It’s in beautiful condition. About a quarter of it is either: highly figured, very curly, birdseye, ambrosia, or really ribbon-y. Maybe more than that.
We’re going to be selling the wood to help pay for the woodshop and the building it sits in, so this is a massively awesome fund-raising effort.
And of course I’m going to knock myself out with as many projects involving maple strips as I can possibly think of!
To see some of the rest of what we do, please check out the main Geek Group website. I have a feeling many LJ’ers would be interested! :)
And if you live in the Grand Rapids area and want to help make things that we can sell… let me know that, too!!
-- Lis - Michigan - http://www.missmooseart.com - https://www.etsy.com/people/lisbokt
12 comments so far
BigTiny
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#1 posted 837 days ago
Well, for one thing, maple makes fantastic work bench tops. Why buy what you can make, especially when you have such wonderful material on hand?
-- The nicer the nice, the higher the price!
Dandog
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#2 posted 837 days ago
Sister you better make some cool jigs. You can start pump’en out product.Good luck with your fundraiser.
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Rustic
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#3 posted 837 days ago
I am in to help sent you a pm
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Greg
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#4 posted 837 days ago
WOW Lis, looks like you have on heckuva stacking chore ahead of you! I would be interested if you find any super highly figured pcs. Shoot me a pm when you get to the point of selling some of it off. They’d make nice fishing nets.
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TopamaxSurvivor
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#5 posted 837 days ago
Too bad you aren’t closer ;-)) Definitely a pile of projects yoiu have there!!
-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence
superstretch
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#6 posted 837 days ago
Having a hard time picking my jaw up off the floor right now.
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RonPeters
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#7 posted 837 days ago
That’s one big pile of wood! Bench tops if you need them would be my recommendation!
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TopamaxSurvivor
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#8 posted 837 days ago
With a pile that big you wouldn’t have to turn pens, you’d have enough wood to make real projects ;-))
-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence
BritBoxmaker
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#9 posted 837 days ago
You could always make some of these.
ps Max, lol
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Sheila Landry (scrollgirl)
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#10 posted 836 days ago
That is a LOT of maple, Lis! I went to the Geek Site and saw the video of the floor dismantling. It was fascinating! It is great to see you getting so much accomplished there. Really cool! What an incredible stock of wood you have!
I also wish I were closer! It would be great to tour the place in person.
Sheila
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tyskkvinna
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#11 posted 836 days ago
I intend to make a lot of pen blanks and pens, actually. Most of the wood is absolutely gorgeous and would make some beautiful pens. If any LJ’er wants to get any, I will sell the blanks for $1/ea.
-- Lis - Michigan - http://www.missmooseart.com - https://www.etsy.com/people/lisbokt
AZMac
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#12 posted 836 days ago
WOW, thats a lot of maple. I see a lot of projects.
AZMac
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