Soft Maple Lumber for Sale. Expect soft maple to have a pale tan to white color with sections of gray and some dark mineral streaks in places. Mostly 8' long. A year ago, Woodshop News wrote the following about the status of domestic wood markets: "Wood dealers have a 'wait-and-see' attitude … Soft maple is a commercial term meant to differentiate the wood of some types of maple from hard maple (Acer saccharum).. Distribution: Temperate regions of North America Average Dried Weight: 30.2 to 38.0 lbs/ft 3 (485 to 610 kg/m 3) … This American Hardwood Soft Maple Has Tigerskin visuality, which is lighter and had easy workability. Soft Maple is actually a hardwood. No. FAS/Select and Better Grade; Scientific Name: Acer macrophyllum; Kiln Dried; Weight is approximately 3.25lbs per board foot; For specific widths & lengths please add size requests in order notes at checkout. Wood Vendors sells 4/4-8/4 rough lumber, s2s, s4s dimensional soft maple, mouldings and custom panels. Hard maple is strong, hard, straight-grained and fine textured. Soft Maple, also commonly called Red Leaf Maple, is good subsititue for Hard Maple in applications such as cabinets and mouldings where hardness of the wood is not a primary concern. Has been skip planed to 15/16" thick. This gray coloring makes Soft Maple a much better paint grade option … Shipping ADD TO CART. Can be seen at T.S. Mann … Call Tom Or Pat at 877.983.6367 to discuss your Hard Maple … Soft Maples: These trees tend to be very similar to the hard maples but much lighter in density. BOX. Both faces are sanded to 150 grit. But it looked nice. Rustic hard maple is used frequently in commercial and residential applications that are meant to have an antique or a country style look. Boards can be used for a variety of construction projects and home improvements. The heartwood is light reddish-brown with deeper-coloured late-wood bands. Roasted Blistered Hard Maple; Roasted Curly Hard Maple; Roasted Flatsawn Curly Maple; Roasted Quartersawn Curly Maple; Roasted Quilted Ash; Roasted Turning Blocks; Curly Cherry. Boards will be + or - 1/4" in width. Product: Type: Planks (boards) Type of species : North American Hardwood: Species: Soft Maple: Specifications: Volume: 2,111 - 1 m3 Spot - … MAIN USES Furniture, paneling and millwork, kitchen cabinets, moulding, doors, musical instruments, and turnings. Maple boards vary in color from white sapwood to the heartwood ranging from light brown to a very dark brown. It is about 25% softer than Hard Maple. Curly Cherry 4 |4 to 6 |4; Curly Cherry 7 |4 to 12 |4; Ambrosia Maple. Hard Maple is also known as Rock Maple or Sugar Maple, and as one of its names implies, it is very hard for a domestic wood. Soft Maple Boards For Sale, 27+ mm. 4/4 Soft Maple $3 per Board foot. Price / Board Ft. Lacewood NEW Leopardwood NEW Mahogany (African) Meranti (Malaysian) Padauk Purpleheart Red Oak Rosewood (Caribbean) NEW Sapele Soft Maple (White) Soft Maple (Wormy) Teak Tigerwood NEW Walnut Wenge White Oak Zebrawood NEW. Maple trees are generalized under a common name, but include well over 100 individual species found in different parts of the world. Add To List Click to add item Mastercraft® 1 x 8 Maple Board to your list. It is ideal for sanding and will have a smooth finish, most often finished with a clear coat. Availability: Hard Maple Lumber boards are readily available in all thickness and narrow to wide widths range from 3 inches to 11 inches and over. The sapwood of Soft Maple can be less extremely white than Hard Maple - the heartwood, somewhat more gray/tan. Smaller sized boards can be used as casing, shelf cleats or front edges, cabinet door stiles and rails, bases, wall and cabinet panels, pilasters and more. Soft Maple. Pure sapwood boards that are dense and highly-figured are, without question, the most sought after of curly maples. The term "fiddle-back maple" came from this industry, as properly matched boards would be used to make the large back panels of guitars and fiddles. The sapwood can be very white and often show nice curl. 1Com brown soft maple contains boards that have too much heartwood. Soft maple is almost never sorted by colour. Surfaced four sides Skip to main content Hello, Sign in. These boards are clear on one face and two edges. The maple cutting boards on this website are made from North American soft maple (red maple or silver maple); but there exists a wide array of trees classified as under the species. Common Name(s): Soft maple Botanical Designation: Not a distinct species of maple. Maple is one of the widest spread species in North America and can be found in nearly every region of the continent. It differs mainly from the soft maples in its greater density and finer texture. Creamy white to reddish brown in color, it is close-grained but softer than hard maple. The heartwood is tan to gray in colour, often with extreme colour changes on one board. We sort this lumber by hand for the best looking … Sku # 1047130. Soft Curly Maple: 4/4: Sel&Better: Medium: $5.00: Soft Curly Maple: 4/4: Sel&Better: Heavy: $7.50: Soft Curly Maple: 4/4: Sel&Better: Premium: $10.00+ Soft … Tools & Home Improvement Go … AVAILABILITY Readily available. Our 1x2 [3/4" x 1-1/2"] soft maple boards come ready to stain. Is put up 4” & wider, 100% sap & better. Maple/Boards Lumber 3/4 X 12 X 36 Surface 4 Sides by WOODNSHOP - - Amazon.com. Maple Finishing Lumber We carry eastern hard maple, western soft maple, western figured maple, curly maple, Birdseye maple, burls and hobby blocks for all of your projects. Compare Click to add item "Mastercraft® 1 x 8 Maple Board" to the compare list. 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