dying Maple

[miller-Ian]

Hi, anyone any tips on drying Maple is it to be treated the same as Sycamore and end racked for a while?

or can I stack it normally until it goes into the kiln

[se7enthdevil]

assuming you are referring to our only native species of maple the field maple?

 

i have had field maple milled and i dried it in stick the normal way and had no problem with any staining once planed up.

[miller-Ian]

assuming you are referring to our only native species of maple the field maple?

 

i have had field maple milled and i dried it in stick the normal way and had no problem with any staining once planed up.

 

I not sure it could be a non native as it came out of a garden local

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

Possibly Norway maple?

[se7enthdevil]

what does the bark look like???

 

if it's dark with tight furrows then it could be either hard maple or norway but if it has a cream tint then it's field maple.

 

i've only ever heard of sycamore being a problem to dry and don't believe this applies to any other acer species.

[miller-Ian]

sorry was in a rush today so didn't get a photo but looking into it I believe it's a Norway Mape