Those three types - spalted, curly, figured/flamed - are a luthier’s dream. Even for the smallest stringed instruments including the binding. Comment-wise, those are the only 3 things I know. ;-)🎉
Make a legacy table out of some of it, with some of your specimen quartz from your mine and possibly other specimens from your journeys. The ore doesn't have to be gold bearing, just from your mine. Just a thought. Maybe some of the glass from your smelts as well. Maybe ore at one end and a button at the other, with the whole process along the way
I would love some to build with. Everyone says it’s desired and high demand but I see lots of it sitting at mills and other wood suppliers not moving much. Usually priced too high for hobbyists. If you cut it into more affordable sizes/pieces might be able to move more easily
Its wood. The options of what to do with it is to use it. Sell it or store it for later. You can trade it. Build nice stuff. Is my favorite option. As well as sharing with other people.
There is some nice wood in your planks. As you probably know, "Blacktail" is mostly wide slabs, mostly some live edge. What you have there is mostly figured Maple. But some of the figure is close to "quilted". Can you sell it? yes, but the price you are being quoted is for retail. Sure, If you put together 50 planks with figure like you have on some of those pieces, for sure someone will be interested. I am always on the lookout for figured Cherry for instance. There is a lot more figured Maple, but at times I look for that too, (both big leaf western and eastern hard maple. But you might well have more luck turning this into furniture yourself! If you have stock that is 6/4, (1 1/2" then you can make smaller tables (30 x 60) which are beautiful tables for most folks. It doesn't take a huge amount of equipment, just a table saw, a jointer, and access to someone with a widebelt sander. Make a good trestle table with stock like some of your better pieces there and you can sell that for good money.
That first board has nice tiger maple, what you're calling Spalting, is mineral streaking. Tiger maple, curly maple, all fantastic. Strativarious would be giving you a call.😅
Happy New Year you all!! I'd love to make table tops or bar counters with that wood - leaving as much live edge as possible! Go well in the new year!! Thanks for all the fun you share!
YT Saw Milling guy….Out Of The Woods, has great info on kiln drying and milling. As a wood worker, I’ve used wood that was ‘dried’ and after I made the item I had severe shrinking issues. Any more I won’t purchase wood that’s not kiln dried.
If you have access to a kiln that is valuable. Cabinets shops and furniture makers would be worth checking out to find interest. For the very spalted boards check out instrument builders. The flooring company uses larger volumes but my guess is the lowest price. But the flooring companies do have their own kiln. Maybe they could dry it for you.
Gold mine number two Jason. I asked my search and spalted and curly maple can bring you in excess of 20 bucks a board foot. Also, there are two types of Maple, Hard and Soft and that plays a role in price too. The natural edge is sought after in a way as you have it here. The other side of the natural make it a ninety degree, measure the estimated width and a shelf is born. Would look really cool around a rock fireplace, the natural edge facing out, as long as you can get. That black end should have been planed too, not more than a sixteenth of an inch bite and slow input to the planer because it is a hard wood and look at each side, don't like the look plane both sides a sixteenth of an inch again and I'd buy it if I had the funds. If I had the money to buy in your raw form then I could salvage more of the final look. The weathered wood of any flavor is also sought after. I love that old western look and have built some nice looking objects, including shelves. Someone wanted a hutch I built from old hardwood. I made it using weathered hardwood and red painted old barnwood that had faded to a very nice patina. It is still in its raw form today on a back porch. The table part could support more than 300 pounds. Hardwoods are hard to work with but end results are very satisfying.
I don't know if you would be interested but if you have much good wood for making furniture & other things like that Blacktail Studio outta Portland area hands down imo the best wood working artist but might be worth checking with him just a suggestion is all Jason good luck
Can you carve some grips for a 1911 or six gun out of scraps of the board you said was your favorite? Those would be beautiful. Just sand smooth and oil them, and they would be awesome.
I think you should send me a piece so I can make a Maple box lol great looking wood Jason you'll come up with a good idea from one of us is saying a really nice box for your wife mine has 4-5 I've made lol✌️ Napa California
My limited experience with this stuff is live edge slabs and square slabs don't move quickly. There seems to be more of a market for cabinet quality stuff. That's my 2 cents.
It depends on where you live. I live in the desert Southwest and many homes especially mountain home owners are looking for this kind of wood. Hard maple is great for everlasting shelf or table and desk material.
@@scottwolf1238 I had to ask the internet search, what is myrtle wood. It primarily grows along the Oregon and California coasts and looking at the slab pictures are also nice looking grains. Your small sizes could be glued together for a table top or make picture frames from that size of wood. The live edge would make some nice picture frames or mirrors. You can do it!
you need to protect your best boards from dry wood borers, they love big leaf maple and they will destroy your best pieces without knowing it. I've cut a ton of BLM logs a little south from where you are, I have to watch the wood closely as it seasons, even after the wood has been cut into bowl blanks and stored indoors. They seem to stay in the dry sapwood and dont bore into the heartwood much. BTW, I've found the best spalting is in dead standing BLM trees, trees left standing about 2 years after they died.
It's too thin for live edge dining room tables. We have a bunch of narrow side tables with oak tops that go great next to a couch. I think you should pick s standard dimension, maybe 10x24 and turn each board into matching side tables. If you use s standard dimension you can be really efficient and get that beautiful wood out to market easily. I don't think you'll be able to efficiently take advantage of the live edges on boards with such small dimensions and varying character. You'd fiddle with it to much to make any money.
Contact Bohnhoff Lumber in Los Angeles they are a Wholesale outfit. Or mayby Rocklers woodworking. Need wider board for Live edge slabs for tables. it could be used for a floating shelf if you have 8/4
that maple would make beautiful chess board.. if done right can sell for $100. i made one out of mahogany and sold it for $150 20 years ago... no tools now. too old to do anything but watch your videos
Legno marcio ! Non capisco la moda dello spalted, è solo legno marcio...peccato perché aveva delle belle figure..si può usare solo una parte di quelle tavole per fare un top di una chitarra..
If its wet I would charge $4-6/bd-ft. If its dry I would charge $8-10. Let the customer chop it up. Leave it as slabs. But that would be the market in SC. No idea about your state.
Those three types - spalted, curly, figured/flamed - are a luthier’s dream. Even for the smallest stringed instruments including the binding. Comment-wise, those are the only 3 things I know. ;-)🎉
I've also heard the term "quilted maple"
Make a legacy table out of some of it, with some of your specimen quartz from your mine and possibly other specimens from your journeys. The ore doesn't have to be gold bearing, just from your mine. Just a thought. Maybe some of the glass from your smelts as well. Maybe ore at one end and a button at the other, with the whole process along the way
I would love some to build with. Everyone says it’s desired and high demand but I see lots of it sitting at mills and other wood suppliers not moving much. Usually priced too high for hobbyists. If you cut it into more affordable sizes/pieces might be able to move more easily
Its wood. The options of what to do with it is to use it. Sell it or store it for later. You can trade it. Build nice stuff. Is my favorite option. As well as sharing with other people.
Would love to do some live edge epoxy bookshelves with that. Similar to blacktail studio does wit tables but use more clear/tinted total boat pours
There is some nice wood in your planks. As you probably know, "Blacktail" is mostly wide slabs, mostly some live edge. What you have there is mostly figured Maple. But some of the figure is close to "quilted". Can you sell it? yes, but the price you are being quoted is for retail. Sure, If you put together 50 planks with figure like you have on some of those pieces, for sure someone will be interested. I am always on the lookout for figured Cherry for instance. There is a lot more figured Maple, but at times I look for that too, (both big leaf western and eastern hard maple. But you might well have more luck turning this into furniture yourself! If you have stock that is 6/4, (1 1/2" then you can make smaller tables (30 x 60) which are beautiful tables for most folks. It doesn't take a huge amount of equipment, just a table saw, a jointer, and access to someone with a widebelt sander. Make a good trestle table with stock like some of your better pieces there and you can sell that for good money.
If you have 2" +/- slabs, custom muzzleloader builders will buy it right up for stock blanks. Kiblers longrifles is one potential bulk buyer.
That first board has nice tiger maple, what you're calling Spalting, is mineral streaking. Tiger maple, curly maple, all fantastic. Strativarious would be giving you a call.😅
Happy New Year you all!! I'd love to make table tops or bar counters with that wood - leaving as much live edge as possible! Go well in the new year!! Thanks for all the fun you share!
YT Saw Milling guy….Out Of The Woods, has great info on kiln drying and milling. As a wood worker, I’ve used wood that was ‘dried’ and after I made the item I had severe shrinking issues. Any more I won’t purchase wood that’s not kiln dried.
That would make some nice furniture!
Smelt it! See if there’s any gold in it!🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Blacktail studio.. a channel on here does great tables
That depth that some curly woods exhibits is called chatoyance. I guess it's also found in gemstones.
You could make either a hallway table or cigar humidor
If you have access to a kiln that is valuable. Cabinets shops and furniture makers would be worth checking out to find interest. For the very spalted boards check out instrument builders. The flooring company uses larger volumes but my guess is the lowest price. But the flooring companies do have their own kiln. Maybe they could dry it for you.
I'd consider buying some small bits for knife scales.
Gold mine number two Jason. I asked my search and spalted and curly maple can bring you in excess of 20 bucks a board foot. Also, there are two types of Maple, Hard and Soft and that plays a role in price too.
The natural edge is sought after in a way as you have it here. The other side of the natural make it a ninety degree, measure the estimated width and a shelf is born. Would look really cool around a rock fireplace, the natural edge facing out, as long as you can get.
That black end should have been planed too, not more than a sixteenth of an inch bite and slow input to the planer because it is a hard wood and look at each side, don't like the look plane both sides a sixteenth of an inch again and I'd buy it if I had the funds. If I had the money to buy in your raw form then I could salvage more of the final look. The weathered wood of any flavor is also sought after. I love that old western look and have built some nice looking objects, including shelves.
Someone wanted a hutch I built from old hardwood. I made it using weathered hardwood and red painted old barnwood that had faded to a very nice patina. It is still in its raw form today on a back porch. The table part could support more than 300 pounds. Hardwoods are hard to work with but end results are very satisfying.
I don't know if you would be interested but if you have much good wood for making furniture & other things like that Blacktail Studio outta Portland area hands down imo the best wood working artist but might be worth checking with him just a suggestion is all Jason good luck
Seems to me that if you want to unload the stuff, you should try to get as much dimensional lumber as possible. Live edge is tricky to sell.
Get it to some luthiers and furniture makers!!
Beautiful wood Jason! Maybe send out some emails to local cabinet shops Thumbs up! Stay safe! Jim
Maple makes nice wood chips for the garden. Mix maple wood chips with green manure makes excellent soil in a year or two
Can you carve some grips for a 1911 or six gun out of scraps of the board you said was your favorite? Those would be beautiful. Just sand smooth and oil them, and they would be awesome.
You could leave it as slabs, and then if someone wants to make rough cut lumber they can do so, that way you're not committed to 1 route.
Make a coat rack with old railroad spikes from the mine if you have any and cut to length and then bolt them on.
I think you should send me a piece so I can make a Maple box lol great looking wood Jason you'll come up with a good idea from one of us is saying a really nice box for your wife mine has 4-5 I've made lol✌️ Napa California
My limited experience with this stuff is live edge slabs and square slabs don't move quickly. There seems to be more of a market for cabinet quality stuff. That's my 2 cents.
It depends on where you live. I live in the desert Southwest and many homes especially mountain home owners are looking for this kind of wood. Hard maple is great for everlasting shelf or table and desk material.
@scuss2 Well I have live edge myrtle 2 inches thick by 8ft long odd width from 1.5 to almost 3ft. If you know anyone after myrtle wood.
@@scottwolf1238 I had to ask the internet search, what is myrtle wood. It primarily grows along the Oregon and California coasts and looking at the slab pictures are also nice looking grains. Your small sizes could be glued together for a table top or make picture frames from that size of wood. The live edge would make some nice picture frames or mirrors. You can do it!
Kibler's longrifles uses that for gun stocks
we call the dots in soft maple. worm wood, we cut into pallets
Man there's no sulphides in that at all.
cabinets, chests and coffee tables
Price it after you do some research. Musical instruments. Usa and international buyers. Furniture?
you need to protect your best boards from dry wood borers, they love big leaf maple and they will destroy your best pieces without knowing it. I've cut a ton of BLM logs a little south from where you are, I have to watch the wood closely as it seasons, even after the wood has been cut into bowl blanks and stored indoors. They seem to stay in the dry sapwood and dont bore into the heartwood much. BTW, I've found the best spalting is in dead standing BLM trees, trees left standing about 2 years after they died.
Gold if you didn't cut it so thin
Hard and soft Maple of any type is gold and the older like Jason has in this video can bring more than 20 bucks a board foot.
Make a bar out of them.
Line your doom bunkers walls with it...would look so comfy while you ride out the apocalypse.
Sticker, stack, keep it dry, sell it or make stuff.
Looks like firewood to me
It's too thin for live edge dining room tables. We have a bunch of narrow side tables with oak tops that go great next to a couch. I think you should pick s standard dimension, maybe 10x24 and turn each board into matching side tables. If you use s standard dimension you can be really efficient and get that beautiful wood out to market easily. I don't think you'll be able to efficiently take advantage of the live edges on boards with such small dimensions and varying character. You'd fiddle with it to much to make any money.
Contact Bohnhoff Lumber in Los Angeles they are a Wholesale outfit. Or mayby Rocklers woodworking.
Need wider board for Live edge slabs for tables. it could be used for a floating shelf if you have 8/4
Knife handles
that maple would make beautiful chess board.. if done right can sell for $100. i made one out of mahogany and sold it for $150 20 years ago... no tools now. too old to do anything but watch your videos
Knife makers, guitar and mandolin makers, and gun smiths would all love it!
Legno marcio ! Non capisco la moda dello spalted, è solo legno marcio...peccato perché aveva delle belle figure..si può usare solo una parte di quelle tavole per fare un top di una chitarra..
If its wet I would charge $4-6/bd-ft. If its dry I would charge $8-10. Let the customer chop it up. Leave it as slabs. But that would be the market in SC. No idea about your state.
Square up the sides, they're too narrow to do much with the live edge, would make nice furniture pieces then.
That is wood for hand crafted furniture.
Could sell to pen blank tunlrners
Hope chest.
Chatoyancy is the word for what you are seeing.
Meh, spalted just looks rotten to me.
wast of time move on
Such a ray of sunshine.