I don’t remember if I mentioned it, I know a guy that owns a sawmill. I buy all of my wood from him for making bowl blanks for the Woodcraft classes that I teach. I also buy wood for myself. He will sell me anything for $1 a board foot. Last time up there he gave me a piece of maple and said he thinks it might have some curl, take it and see if I can do anything with it. I am cleaning and organizing the shop today and pulled a few boards down from high storage and planed them down to see what I had and put them in low storage. This is the curly piece he gave me.

That is some beautiful grain Rusty do you have any plans for it?

1 hour ago, RustyFN said:

He will sell me anything for $1 a board foot

Hope you were wearing a mask when you "stole" those pieces

That is some nice curl. Nice lumber dealer too.

3 hours ago, DuckSoup said:

That is some beautiful grain Rusty do you have any plans for it?

I am thinking the only way to be able to see the beauty is to make something with stave construction. I am thinking a vessel around 4” diameter and 6” tall.

How thick are those pieces?

A fellow gave me something he said was flame box elder but when I turned it I never found any red. It did have stripes, ambrosia and some spalting. If I remember correctly I turned it with end grain orientation

Maybe a shallow bowl or platter would look good, too.

4 minutes ago, lew said:

How thick are those pieces?

A fellow gave me something he said was flame box elder but when I turned it I never found any red. It did have stripes, ambrosia and some spalting. If I remember correctly I turned it with end grain orientation

Maybe a shallow bowl or platter would look good, too.

They are 1” thick.

39 minutes ago, RustyFN said:

They are 1” thick.

Plates. At least one to see.