Barky Maple

That looks pretty cool to me, could you post

Keith Newton

another pic showing the bark face?

I'm wondering if it's the work of Yellow-belly Sapsuckers, although it doesn't show the pattern of it's lips on the pith side. It might be more obvious seeing the bark.

Where was the wood from? Those woodpeckers are migratory, with a little bit of overlap in between the Winter and Summer range. They are only in my area during the Winter, so the pecks would all show up in the the terminal parenchyma line here in the Southern range. I suppose that in the Northern range where the trees are growing the scars would be thoughout the annual ring.

Although after taking another look, I'm doubtful of the woodpeckers. In the middle of the top image, you can see a scar right under the bark. I would get some strong magnification and examine under the bark there. I'll bet there is come kind of insect activity evidence there.

I have to ask, did you get a reduced price for this wood, or have to pay extra? I'm sure you will find a good way to use it. I'm thinking it would be great for small projects like boxes. Congrats.

I've seen it

Bill Tindall, E.Tn.

I harvested a huge maple years ago (1300 bdft in 3 logs). It has the same pattern you show. The cause was grain curling both with the long grain and across it. It wasn't quite birds eye but related. How deep into the tree does it extend? In my case I ran out of it after a few inches.

Re: Barky Maple

Dick Coers

I called mine raisin maple because a lot of the inclusions look like raisins, but based on the way it looks so similar to Masur Birch, I would rather call it Masur Maple. Definitely a genetic issue, but in what I have harvested, the pattern does not go to the center of the log.

Re: That looks pretty cool to me, could you post

Thomas Skaggs, Foothills of Mount Level

It is not the work of birds or pests. Bill is correct, this appears to be a very similar formation to bird's eyes. The wood fibers form in a similar way around the inclusions. I don't have the history of the tree or log. But this phenomenon must have gone very deep because it is present throughout each timber.

I do not buy my lumber retail. But for what it's worth, I paid $6 bf for it.

Thanks

T.

Re: That looks pretty cool to me, could you post

Dick Coers

I beat you Thomas. My log was laying in the municipal recycling lot. Free for the raking.

Barky Maple?

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

Or dogwood? Looks like a rough surface - ruff, ruff.

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Bill Tindall, E.Tn.

I'll see if I have any left. I would jump up and down in ecstasy to get $6/bdft for it. The lumber from the butt of the tree I cut went to Colonial Williamsburg gun shop. I sold the 3rd log and kept the second. Those "birds eyes" turned into a blistery curl toward the interior of the 34" butt cut. Second log was 34" and the 3rd 32"- didn't taper much more than a dowel rod.

Re: Barky Maple

Craig Daymon

Maybe as much as 10 years or more back, someone posted a picture of some beautiful White Oak boards with similar bark inclusions. Definitely remember drooling on the keyboard when I saw it.