Author Topic: Spalted Maple slabs PICS included (Read 2236 times)

GAmillworker · « **on:** January 31, 2012, 04:20:29 pm »

Thought I would share some pics. More to come

POSTONLT40HD · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2012, 05:49:28 pm »

You never know what it looks like until you saw it in two. This is what gets me up in the morning.

Full Circle · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2012, 06:10:44 pm »

That's some beautiful wood. Thanks for posting.

thecfarm · « **Reply #3 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:16:22 pm »

What are you making?

GAmillworker · « **Reply #4 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:18:31 pm »

Letting others make the big money. I'm just selling slabs.

Lud · « **Reply #5 on:** January 31, 2012, 07:39:34 pm »

Nice looking spalt. Nothing like a bit of spalt on a bowl to bump up the value.

GAmillworker · « **Reply #6 on:** January 31, 2012, 11:04:14 pm »

Here is another from the but cut.

Riggs · « **Reply #7 on:** January 31, 2012, 11:06:46 pm »

Wow, that's nice!!

GAmillworker · « **Reply #8 on:** January 31, 2012, 11:34:24 pm »

Larger photo of slab

WDH · « **Reply #9 on:** February 01, 2012, 07:36:19 am »

It just does not get any better than that

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LOGDOG · « **Reply #10 on:** February 01, 2012, 07:39:21 am »

Wow! What do you charge for slabs like that if I may ask?

metalspinner · « **Reply #11 on:** February 01, 2012, 08:13:20 am »

Oooo, ahhhh....

GAmillworker · « **Reply #12 on:** February 01, 2012, 09:03:09 am »

Quote from: LOGDOG on February 01, 2012, 07:39:21 am

Wow! What do you charge for slabs like that if I may ask?

$75-$150

Okrafarmer · « **Reply #13 on:** February 01, 2012, 09:22:05 am »

This may have been asked before, but is there a difference between ambrosia and spalting? Is ambrosia a type of spalting? I get a lot of ambrosia maple around here. I'm building up a batch of around 1,000 bf to mill and probably 2/3 of it so far is heavily ambrosia-brewed. Also-- question-- if the logs have spalting or ambrosia in them when the tree is still a live, does it continue to grow "better and better" in there if you leave the logs to sit around a while?

LOGDOG · « **Reply #14 on:** February 01, 2012, 12:47:12 pm »

Quote from: GAmillworker on February 01, 2012, 09:03:09 am

Quote from: LOGDOG on February 01, 2012, 07:39:21 am
Wow! What do you charge for slabs like that if I may ask?
$75-$150

Wish you were closer. I'd buy a pile of them off you.

tyb525 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 01, 2012, 02:05:26 pm »

Ambrosia is a beetle, and yes it is different than spalt. If a tree has spalt while it is still standing, it is most likely not alive anymore. Logs will spalt on the ground, however it's kinda of a crap shoot as to whether it will be good spalting, or just rot.

samandothers · « **Reply #16 on:** February 01, 2012, 07:25:12 pm »

Well, now I know the price. Since I don't know, I have to ask, how big is a slab?

GAmillworker · « **Reply #17 on:** February 01, 2012, 08:20:01 pm »

Quote from: samandothers on February 01, 2012, 07:25:12 pm

Well, now I know the price. Since I don't know, I have to ask, how big is a slab?

the ones with crotch are 48" long 30" wide @ widest part & 24" at smallest part thickness very from 1-1/4" thick to 3-1/2". The butt cuts are 48" long 24" wide.

WDH · « **Reply #18 on:** February 01, 2012, 08:21:52 pm »

The color associated with the hole in ambrosia maple is caused by a fungus that hitchhikes in on the body of the ambrosia beetle that bored the hole. It is similar to blue stain fungus.

Spalt only occurs in trees that have died or have been cut, never in living trees. Like Ty alludes, spalt is a stage of the decomposition process. It is more dramatic in certain species, and not so much in others. Sycamore and maple spalt very nicely.

okmulch · « **Reply #19 on:** February 01, 2012, 08:42:07 pm »

I made a lamp out of some spalted maple.

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Author Topic: Spalted Maple slabs PICS included (Read 2236 times)