Crafting a quilted maple billet to a bookmatched top. Fine woodworking and the search for figured lumber began as a hobby over forty. The curl is super strong 5a instrument grade and is everywhere that isnt burl. Get online pricing for our large, live edge, book matched slabs or call 18779836367 for immediate assistance in finding the perfect large, live edge, book matched slabs for your needs. Types of book matched slabs available at wood vendors. Recycled book matched maple crotch slab custom desk. I made a trip to lee valley and picked up brusso hinges, very worth it. Making curly maple pop popular woodworking magazine. Black line spalted curly maple wood 9632 book matched lumber 26 x 14. Buy book match sets, guitar sets, curly maple, curly. Swamp ash top w recessed swamp ash pickguard w paua purfling. Timberline exotic hardwoods specialist timber curly maple. Check out our quilted maple selection for the very best in unique or custom. Guitar top bookmatched flamed curly maple 5a grade.
Curly maple wood knife scales handle pair, knifemaking. They will make a sweet table top once glued up or use them as bar tops. Amazons choice recommends highly rated, wellpriced products available to ship immediately. Welcome to blooms banjos, the home of the hornbeam special. Lumber slabs tiger curly spalted maple four boards live edge pinkish streaks wow. There will be two more books in the matched trilogy. Curly maple wood guitar tops that are bookmatched for luthiers. These guitar backs labeled ag are bookmatched and sold as a pair.
We are a maker of fine custom banjos including the osprey, the jb special, a fretless model, and the aforementioned hornbeam special made from select north american ironwood aka hornbeam, with a bookmatched curly maple neck. For the bookmatched selections, the measurements in the photo are for each piece. Our curly maple lumber and curly hard maple lumber are both available in random width and length sizes as well as wide, book matched, and sets from the same log for consistent color and figure. Book matched aaaa curly walnutbubinga curly maple burl fopen xr with bluemahogany resin stabilized forearm and four twill weave carbon fiber stringers. This box is built from curly maple, book matched ziricote top, and ebony trim. All the panels were veneered in my shop except the top, which was custom ordered. Buy individual curly figured tiger fiddleback luthier maple and see pictures of each. One piece, adjustable curly maple neck with suspended fret board extension. Curly maple live edge slabs these are a book matched set. The most beautiful maple crotch figure ever size 2939. These tops will be thin enough to bend over a forearm contour and that. Wood is sanded to 120 grit on both sides and is dry and ready to use. Telecaster replacement body, best telecaster replacement body, rear routed telecaster, makore flamed top.
This is the way i believe antique curly maple with highly defined curls was finished a first coat of boiled linseed oil, followed probably by several coats of shellac. The term figured maple means that the maple hardwood contains a unique design or pattern, or a distinctive mark on its surface. Bocote, curly maple, leopardwood, purple heart, walnut 10 pack only 4 left in stock order soon. Aa curly maple resonator aaa curly maple resonator book matched 2 piece mahogany top tension resonator burl walnut resonator with style 4 rings crotch maple resonator curly maple resonator with granada trim. The lower one is mildly flamed, the top one is not. Will there be more books featuring cassia, or set in the world of matched. Our curly maple lumber and curly hard maple lumber are both available in random widths and lengths, as well as wide, book matched, and sets from the same log for consistent color and figure throughout.
While flame maple also known as figured maple, curly maple or fiddleback maple had long been used to the backs and necks of guitars and other stringed instruments such as the violin, it was the use of this striking timber in 1958 to 1960 gibson les pauls that really made it desirable when used to create the twopiece, book matched carved tops on these guitars. For example, if the photo states the piece is 20 x 7 12 x 34 each piece is. Shop all northwest timber figured lumber, wood, and domestic exotic hardwoods for furniture and musical instruments. You will get either quilt, flame, curly with figure or flame with random burls. Curly maple bookmatched tops north ridge hardwoods. I snapped a straight line on the inside edge to show what can be yielded from these girls.
You can finish by applying several coats of any finish, but oil finishes wont produce enough shine or depth to maximize the contrast youre trying to achieve. They have matching grain and the two sides of the canoe are book matched. Cut hinge mortises with router and jig i made, and used a temple guide on the router for the first time. Also available in solid body guitar bookmatched tops, acoustic sets, natural edge slabs, turning. The extra thickness of the string creates a perfect sliding dovetail joint. Where there was no navigable water in the area of cutting, narrow gauge trains where used to transport logs to the waterways where they then navigated down the west branch of the susquehanna river to the mills or taken directly to the mills by rail. Our curly maple lumber and curly hard maple lumber are both available in random widths and lengths, as well as wide, book matched, and. The gunwales are instrument grade curly maple from logs reclaimed from a chipper mill. Stabilized, book matched curly maple with red liners. Lumber domestic lumber quilted maple global wood source. Ambrosia maple tops planed to 14 and sanded to 200 grit. Hollow ground,razor sharp,feels really nice in your hand.
Sapwood two face, surfaced two face and nicely figured. Sawn walnut slabs wenge white oak curly white oak slabs white oak qrt. Here is a photo showing how the curly maple is bookmatched. Bookmatched guitar tonewood top sets, curly maple, quilted. Curly maple desk shop made veneer panels guarantees perfect grain match. Ive built a lot of desks over the years, but this one is may favorite. We are specialist and can cut to size since for certain individual orders. Make offer black line spalted curly maple wood 9632 book matched lumber 26 x 14. The burl is excellent and perfectly formed in amazing patterns and has no bark inclusions. Birdseyemaplewood can also provide acoustic guitar back and sides sets as well as book matched electric guitar tops. Curly hard maple, birdseye, cherry, ambrosia, spalted, maple, black walnut, ash torrefied roasted maple, stabilized curly wood. In this video matt shows you how to make a book matched maple top. Cassias feelings of security disintegrate after her grandfather hands her a slip of. This unique coffee table features a book matched spalted sycamore top and legs with curly maple stretchers and walnut bow ties.
The amazing grain and figure in the sycamore are sure to start a conversation. A fantastic set of curly maple burl for an electric guitar top. The decks are full thickness veneer grade pommele sapele book matched, reinforced with inlaid curly maple and have a handhold carved into both the fore and aft deck. Due to current social distancing measures, we are closing the warehouse to inperson visitors for the safety of all. The uncomplicated design really helps the bookmatched curlymaple panels stand out. Crafting a quilted maple billet to a bookmatched top youtube.
In this video we saw up a silver maple log into beautiful 84 slabs. Wood knife scales knife handle material knife making material knife making supplies diy knife handle wood scales wood handle material payne bros knives of payne. Curly hard maple, birdseye, cherry, ambrosia, spalted, maple, black. Curly hard maple, birdseye, cherry, ambrosia, spalted, maple, black walnut, ash torrefied roasted maple, stabilized curly. In the light you can see where the lower piece has wrinkles across the grain. This is not a particularly good example, but it was handy in the woodpil.
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