Wood species
Birdseye Maple
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Birdseye figure · Acer saccharum
Birdseye maple is hard maple (rock maple / sugar maple) with dense eye figure. We buy FAS packs from Northeast mills, kiln-dried after a long air-dry.
Key facts
- Janka hardness
- HardHard maple underneath the figure
- Stability
- AverageStandard maple movement management
- Grain type
- Birdseye figureSmall circular disruptions across the face
- Rot resistance
- Indoor useSold for furniture and specialty interiors
- Sustainability
- Domestic specialtyFigured sugar maple packs
- Workability
- Patient surfacingLight cuts; figured maple does not like rushed milling
About this wood
The eyes are small circular disruptions in hard maple. Light cuts at the planer. Rushed milling tears the figure out.
What we carry
- Birdseye maple for dense peavey/eye figure on light maple
Thickness is sold in quarters (4/4, 6/4, and so on) — see our hardwood thickness guide. Grades: NHLA grades.