Spalted Maple
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Spalted maple is nothing more than a piece that has started to rot. The black streaks I believe are mold attacking the wood. I am not 100% positive on the mold but it does look neat.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spalting
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base_images/bah/spalting.jpg
Spalted maple is nothing more than a piece that has started to rot. The black streaks I believe are mold attacking the wood. I am not 100% positive on the mold but it does look neat.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spalting
http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base_images/bah/spalting.jpg
I've seen some real nice cues made using Spalted Maple. One is a real nice Jensen cue which I think is on Cornerstone's website.
RocketQ said:
.The black streaks I believe are mold attacking the wood. I am not 100% positive on the mold but it does look neat.
You are right Spalted Maple is wood that has been exposed to Moisture and has started to Rot. The main way it is procured confuses many people, it is not wood that just found laying a round under a Maple tree. It is actually found inside the tree and it is caused by damage that has occurred to the tree while it was living. In most cases the damage was a split that was large enough to allow water into a cavity of the tree, which do to the damage would die. The tree would grow back around the damaged area and reseal the opening and the damage. I do not know how long it has been used as a specialty wood, but I would imagine that in the past when a tree was being processed any Rot or Spalting was thrown away as scrap.
I have one in Order,Spalted Maple Burl and I like it.Will post Pics when it is here.
Ralf
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Here's one I make. I have all of my spalted wood stabilized by impregnating it with acrylic, then cored. It can be done without impreganating it but I find that it is a little too soft, for my taste.
http://www.poolndarts.com/p-7899-Rat-Cue/
http://www.poolndarts.com/p-7899-Rat-Cue/
Foxworth
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Hello,
I am a new guy here.
I just had a cue made by Jacoby with spalted maple.
Here is the link, I would like to hear your thoughts.
http://www.jacobycue.com/cue_detail.cfm?cue=0109-10
I am a new guy here.
I just had a cue made by Jacoby with spalted maple.
Here is the link, I would like to hear your thoughts.
http://www.jacobycue.com/cue_detail.cfm?cue=0109-10
Spalting is wood starting to rot. I have used it for years and would never, ever consider using it unless it had been impregnated and made uniiformly hard. The alternative is a cue with hard sections and soft section. BTW, poorly impregnated spalted maple can warp a core, I know.
The black lines are mold and tamarind is a very bland white wood that is easy to spalt. Most of the spalted tamarind in the market was intentionally spalted by covering log sections under wet sawdust containing the right fungus sit at the right temperatures for a long enough period of time. When proper spalting has occurred the wood has to be dried right away or you will have a bunch of rotten wood.
The black lines are mold and tamarind is a very bland white wood that is easy to spalt. Most of the spalted tamarind in the market was intentionally spalted by covering log sections under wet sawdust containing the right fungus sit at the right temperatures for a long enough period of time. When proper spalting has occurred the wood has to be dried right away or you will have a bunch of rotten wood.
Paul hit it dead on. It's usually so soft you can dent it with your finger.
Has to be dried correctly and then most importantly impregnated with acrylic. Probably ok as is for small inlays, but not for anything large.
If a cuemaker or any serious woodworker never heard of spalted maple, I may be a little nervous.
Has to be dried correctly and then most importantly impregnated with acrylic. Probably ok as is for small inlays, but not for anything large.
If a cuemaker or any serious woodworker never heard of spalted maple, I may be a little nervous.
Like Paul said. SPALTED = ROTTEN WOOD. So it needs to be stabilized and cored. It isn't just Maple that is Spalted.
This is Casurina:
This is a Maple Burl:
This is Casurina:
This is a Maple Burl:
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If I am going to have any wood impregnated the only person I trust to do the job is Nick Forosisky, 814-266-6634. He does all the Wild Woods. He is located in northwestern Pennsylvania.
The average price will run about $15 a pound unless you are dealing with multiple colored woods which require multiple impregnations.
The process of properly impregnating wood requires a lot of dedicated equipment, experience, and the right dyes and acrylic resins. There is no way I would try to do it myself and I have been dyeing my own veneers for 20 years.
The average price will run about $15 a pound unless you are dealing with multiple colored woods which require multiple impregnations.
The process of properly impregnating wood requires a lot of dedicated equipment, experience, and the right dyes and acrylic resins. There is no way I would try to do it myself and I have been dyeing my own veneers for 20 years.
