Wow that is a big project, just need to put some old school grain mill type gears in there to pedal it :-). If you ever find any flamed maple logs those would work perfect for a guitar body.
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Wow that is a big project, just need to put some old school grain mill type gears in there to pedal it :-). If you ever find any flamed maple logs those would work perfect for a guitar body.
Interesting, Flamed Maple, I've never heard that name before, with a quick search I realized that flamed maple is another name for Curly maple, tiger maple, and Fiddleback maple, all names I'm familiar with. Some interesting names for maple that is highly figured. Some other very cool looking maple is wormy maple which also goes by the name Ambrosia. Spalted maple or Blackline maple is a tree that has succumb to a fungus. The coloring is just beautiful if the wood can be salvaged while it is still sound. Having a sawmill, whenever we ran into any type of figured wood we would always set it aside. When building our kitchen cabinets, I used both spalted and wormy maple throughout the kitchen. In this picture, you can see both.
Here is a beautiful log that we milled. We were able to get 30 slabs, with live edge on both sides.
Well, you ran into the right guy if you love wood.
Stay safe, and thanks for showing so much interest @sketch.and.jam its been a pleasure meeting you!