I recently met a wood turner who claimed he bought his curly maple from sources in southern B. C. but declined to elaborate when I asked if they sold planks big enough for Kentucky rifles stocks (60" long by at least 8" wide and 2 " thick). Can anyone help me with names of potential sources? He advised that there was lots of curly maple available in southern B.C., although I've never heard of it being harvested there.
B.C. source for curly maple wood for gunstocks
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westwind hardwoods
Try Westwind hardwoods, they are here on the island and if they don't have the curly maple they have lots of other great hardwoods
http://www.westwindhardwood.com/price_hardwoods.php
Try Westwind hardwoods, they are here on the island and if they don't have the curly maple they have lots of other great hardwoods
http://www.westwindhardwood.com/price_hardwoods.php
If the others pan out try P.J. White hardwoods (on Kent St. in Vancouver). They have the large pieces you are looking for. I bought a piece for a mantle about ten years back now that was 6" x 12" x 70". Cost was ~$220. It was Eastern Maple BTW.
I'm not sure exactly what genus 'curly maple' is. The only varieties I recall from trade school is eastern and western. I would go eastern myself. It is heavier and harder than the western as well as more white than red. Watch out for the western as there can be quite a hardness difference between the spring and summer wood in the grain. It will never really sand flat sometimes, but only in extreme cases (I've seen some barely harder than Alder lol). If the grain is curly (or burelled) it shouldn't be too much of an issue though...That is dense stuff.
I'm not sure exactly what genus 'curly maple' is. The only varieties I recall from trade school is eastern and western. I would go eastern myself. It is heavier and harder than the western as well as more white than red. Watch out for the western as there can be quite a hardness difference between the spring and summer wood in the grain. It will never really sand flat sometimes, but only in extreme cases (I've seen some barely harder than Alder lol). If the grain is curly (or burelled) it shouldn't be too much of an issue though...That is dense stuff.
