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CANADIAN MAPLE Colour/Appearance: Unlike most other hardwoods, the sapwood of Hard Maple lumber is most commonly used rather than its heartwood. Sapwood colour ranges from nearly white, to an off-white cream colour, sometimes with a reddish or golden hue. The heartwood tends to be a darker reddish brown. Birdseye Maple is a figure found most commonly in Hard Maple, though it’s also found less frequently in other species. Hard Maple can also be seen with curly or quilted grain patterns. Grain/Texture: Grain is generally straight, but may be wavy. Has a fine, even texture. Endgrain: Diffuse-porous; small pores that are uniformly spaced; solitary and radial multiples of 2-3; tyloses or mineral deposits are absent; parenchyma marginal; both narrow and wide rays, spacing normal. Workability: Fairly easy to work with both hand and machine tools, though slightly more difficult than Soft Maple due to Hard Maple’s higher density. Maple has a tendency to burn when being machined with high-speed cutters such as in a router. Turns, glues, and finishes well, though blotches can occur when staining, and a pre-conditioner, gel stain, or toner may be necessary to get an even color. Sustainability: This wood species is not listed in the CITES Appendices or on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Common Uses: Flooring (from basketball courts and dance-floors to bowling alleys and residential), veneer, paper (pulpwood), musical instruments, cutting boards, butcher blocks, workbenches, baseball bats, and other turned objects and specialty wood items. There are 115 species of maple. Only 5 commercially important species grow in the U.S. Two of the five are hard rock maple and sugar maple. Properties: Maple is so hard and resistant to shocks that it is often used for bowling alley floors. Its diffuse evenly sized pores give the wood a fine texture and even grain. Maple that has a curly grain is often used for violin backs (the pattern formed is known as fiddleback figure). Burls, leaf figure, and birds-eye figures found in maple are used extensively for veneers. The Birds eye figure in maple is said to be the result of stunted growth and is quite rare. Uses: Maple is used extensively for American colonial furniture, especially in medium and lower priced categories. It can also be stained to simulate cherry wood, which it resembles.
MAHOGANY Mahogany, also known as Honduras mahogany is a tropical hardwood indigenous to South America, Central America and Africa. There are many different grades and species sold under this name, which vary widely in quality and price. Mahogany which comes from the Caribbean is thought to be the hardest, strongest and best quality. Logs from Africa, though highly figured, are of slightly lesser quality. Philippine mahogany has a similar color, but is not really mahogany at all. It is a much less valuable wood, being less strong, not as durable or as beautiful when finished. Properties: Mahogany is strong, with a uniform pore structure and poorly defined annual rings. It has a reddish - brown color and may display stripe, ribbon, broken stripe, rope, ripple, mottle, fiddleback or blister figures. Crotch mahogany figures are widely used and greatly valued. Mahogany is an excellent carving wood and finishes well. Uses: Mahogany is used extensively in the crafting of Georgian, Empire and Federal reproduction furniture. Mahogany is also used in styles ranging from Victorian furniture reproductions to Contemporary. Colour/Appearance: Heartwood is reddish brown. Sapwood is pale yellow or pink, not always sharply demarcated form heartwood. Colour of both sapwood and heartwood tends to darken with age. Grain/Texture: Very fine, even texture; excellent natural luster. Endgrain: Diffuse-porous or semi-ring porous; solitary and radial multiples, sometimes exclusively solitary; small pores, sometimes arranged into loose/broken rows with differing sized pores, numerous to very numerous; mineral/ gum deposits occasionally present; parenchyma not visible or absent; narrow rays, spacing normal. Sustainability: This wood species is not listed in the CITES Appendices or on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. page number 11
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Page 4 and 5: THE BOYS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE THR
Page 6 and 7: FRED AGE: 24 ROLE: money man Maker
Page 8 and 9: ON TOP OF THE GRAIN THE WOODS THAT
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Page 14 and 15: ENGLISH TEAK Colour/Appearance: Hea
Page 16 and 17: WALKING THE PLANKS THE DIFFERENT BO
Page 18 and 19: THE WALRUS The Walrus £70.00-£110
Page 20 and 21: THE BOTTLENOSE The Bottlenose £70.
Page 22 and 23: SNAP YOUR NECK BEFORE YOUR DECK THE
Page 24 and 25: SAM - “I’d been putting off the
Page 26 and 27: WOOD AND WATER SAVES A QUATER THE B
Page 28 and 29: THE CLEAN WATER ISSUE Water quality
Page 30 and 31: THE SIMPLE FACTS. THE APP A plastic
Page 33 and 34: STRINGERS SAM- “Picking the right
Page 35 and 36: 1980 2000 - NOW Skateboarding conti
Page 37 and 38: 70S SURF CULTURE In the early 1970s
Page 39 and 40: “Low-slung, surf-influenced, flui
Page 41 and 42: JAY ADAMS “For me, skateboarding
Page 43 and 44: THE WORKSHOP When the door opens to
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Page 50 and 51: THE PROCESS Sam starts by gluing th
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Page 55 and 56: THE PRESSED PACKAGE Retrieving the
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The thickness planer has a rotating
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THE THICKNESS PLANER A thickness pl
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GOING WITH THE GRAIN The boys choos
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Although gorilla glue is incredibly
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The boys have a collection of half
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SHAPING THE DECKS
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SHAPING THE DECKS Once the shape of
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TAKING THE EDGE OFF Top power devel
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TAKING THE EDGE OFF The shaped temp
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DRILLING Next comes the drilling. T
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THE BRANDING The brand is pressed d
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