Here’s the latest in the wild world of wood on the world wide web. It’s called Roasted Maple. http://www.curiouswoods.com/wood–Roasted-Hardwood-Mix-of-Soft-Maple-Yellow-Birch–RH.html A friend of mine showed a sample to me, and I thought it was a piece of walnut and he was pulling my chain. But upon closer examination, I realized that the grain did indeed look like maple and it felt like maple.
Chris @ www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
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Chris, Before I used this wood for something like a chair which needs all of the strength that most woods have to offer, because we have through the years learned to work the proportions down to a good balance of weight / strength.
I have not had my hands on, nor done any test on this product, but I do know that taking woods to high temperature does change it in a way which may be a negative tradeoff for gaining that nice color.
The Change is Brashness. This means that it would be prone to abrupt failure when it breaks. It could be hard and just as heavy, but just not tough as we expect a wood like maple to be.
Keith,
Yes, I think that you are right about the structural damage to the wood. My friend mentioned that he noticed something odd when he turned it.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
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