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[MustangMike]

Also, when red Maple has some rot, the center is usually darker and irregular (not round) in shape. If it were Silver Maple, he would think he were cutting Paper Mache!

 

[ManiacalMark]

True, I've only ever cut about 4 really nice soft maples in my life, veneer. Almost no heart and almost as hard as sugar maple. Still ain't worth chit

 

[czar800]

Top notch Mike! Thanks for sharing and I hope everything is good with you.

 

[huskyboy]

Looks like soft maple, red or silver, never had a hard maple split on impact.

EDIT: I take that back, I missed the rot at the fork. Just seems to have smooth bark for its size.

That’s what I thought too. Sugar is usually shaggy bark when it gets large/old. Almost resembles a shagbark hickory, but not quite as shaggy.

 

[blacksmith]

Nice work Mike, you built one fine saw right there!

 

[Woodpecker]

That’s what I thought too. Sugar is usually shaggy bark when it gets old. Almost resembles a shagbark hickory, but not quite as shaggy.

Looks the same around me too. Even starts to get like that around the age that tree is. Looks like soft maple to me.

 

[Canadian farm boy]

Wish I knew what kind of tree it was but I was cutting at my buddies place and I wasn’t familiar with the tree before. I know it was reasonably hard and was loading the saw well.

 

[huskyboy]

“Soft” maple is still fairly hard and that wood is probably froze I bet. When wood freezes it’s harder to cut and harder on chains than normal.

 

[ManiacalMark]

Thaw it out and taste it

 

[RI Chevy]

From my past experiences, the maple with the smoother bark is very hard. Almost like Beech.
Nice saw though. Chalk up another excellent saw for the Silver Eagle Saw Shop!

 

[Woodpecker]

It honestly looks a lot like Norway maple. Not a true hard maple but still very hard wood. Its harder than silver or red maple. Soft maple is a bit of a misnomer in that it's all quite a bit harder than say poplar or cottonwood.

Bottom line I stand by my earlier statement. The saw is skookum! I'd be proud to own one!

 

[RI Chevy]

Yessir.

 

[Time's Standing Stihl]

Nice job Silver Eagle. Love me a good 461

 

[MustangMike]

Your description of Norway Maple wood is spot on, but the bark is not smooth, looking more like Ash. The wood is almost as hard as Sugar Maple, and you can tap the trees (they have more sugar than Red or Silver Maple). Also, IMO, the wood is tougher to split than Sugar Maple, almost like Elm.

We got lots of em around here, they were planted heavily in NYC. I get mad because I see them replacing Sugar Maples in a lot of areas.

 

[Woodpecker]

Your description of Norway Maple wood is spot on, but the bark is not smooth, looking more like Ash. The wood is almost as hard as Sugar Maple, and you can tap the trees (they have more sugar than Red or Silver Maple). Also, IMO, the wood is tougher to split than Sugar Maple, almost like Elm.

We got lots of em around here, they were planted heavily in NYC. I get mad because I see them replacing Sugar Maples in a lot of areas.

No surprise there. Norway maple, while good firewood, is now considered a nasty invasive species in most places. They were heavily used in many urban areas in the Eastern US to replace all the dutch elm disease killed American elm. Unfortunately they spread like weeds and are gobbling up our native sugar maple habitat.

 

[Backtroller]

That’s a strong saw. I’d be proud to own it. Nice work!

 

[MustangMike]

I'll throw in something else just to screw things up … sometimes the trees cross, and it is not entirely one or the other! That could explain all the different opinions on the same wood! Maybe it is half Red, half Sugar! There is sometimes cross pollination.

 

[huskihl]

I'll throw in something else just to screw things up … sometimes the trees cross, and it is not entirely one or the other! That could explain all the different opinions on the same wood! Maybe it is half Red, half Sugar! There is sometimes cross pollination.

Murica...

 

[huskihl]

Murica...

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I should've followed my post with an eye-roll or double-decker facepalm.
My sorry. Carry on fellers

 

[beaglebriar]

Ohhh FFS... let's beat a dead horse while we're at it. Lol