Hard maple

Hard maple is the wood yielded by Acer saccharum in its wider sense (i.e. Sugar maple & Black maple). It is a favorite for floors, bowling alleys, furniture, and electric guitar necks. The weight per cubic metre is roughly 740 kg.^[1]

References

↑ Hard Maple published by Niche Timbers.

Woodworking

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Forms

Woods

Soft	Cedar (Calocedrus, Cedrus) Cypress Douglas fir Fir Juniper Larch Pine Spruce Yew

Hard	Ash Alder Aspen Balsa Beech Birch Cherry Chestnut Ebony Elm Hazel Lignum vitae Linden (lime, basswood) Mahogany Maple Oak Padauk Plum Poplar Teak Totara Walnut Willow

Tools

Abrasives Axe Adze Chisel Clamp Drawknife Drill Float Mallet Milling machine Mitre box Moulding plane Plane Rasp Router Sandpaper Spokeshave Timber-framing Vise Winding sticks Wood scribe Workbench

Saws	Backsaw Bandsaw Bow Bucksaw Chainsaw Circular Compass Coping Crosscut Frame Fretsaw Jigsaw Keyhole Miter Rip Scroll Veneer Whipsaw

Geometry

Joints	Birdsmouth Bridle Butt Butterfly Coping Crown of thorns Dados Dovetail Finger Groove Halved Hammer-headed tenon Knee Lap Mason's mitre Miter Mortise and tenon Rabbet/Rebate Scarf Splice Tongue and groove

Profiles	Bead Bevel Chamfer Molding Ogee Ogive

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