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#173 name this wood

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look at this wood and the odd figure
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Is it Ash?
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nope
it is a maple but it looks like the birdseye grew sideways
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Ambrosia maple ?
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not ambosia. No one can tell me what caused it. I am making a dred out of this can will pass on what it looks like as it gets built. It is very pretty and unusual
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I have never seen figure like that. Very unique!
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I never saw anything like it but I do like it. I have a 000 set and I will offer it here only. first one to PM gets it. $65 plus shipping. It will take a good bit of filling but this is a very unique set.
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It may be a tree that was infected early with verticillium wilt. This affects the sapwood. As the tree grows the sapwood turns to hard wood and it may be stained because of the infection. In the right condition the tree can last for many years, so it is possible.
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I have been busy with #173. I can't describe this maple short of saying it is a sideways birds eye Maple. It isn't spalted . I got the wood plank a few months back and cut 4 sets out of it. I kept this one. I used Carpathian Spruce and I used a 1/4 in forward shifted X brace with 5/15 tone bars and scalloped them. I like tortoise and abalone together. I borrowed this from Jimmie Edmonds of Galax Va. The maple required some filling as the voided area in the figure went clear through. I used Med CA as a filling agent and sanded back to bare wood. I hope you enjoy . Of course I used a dovetail joint.
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I found out what this is
No one knows yet so keep guessing
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