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A-39
Spalted Alaska Birch
2 3/8 x 10 x 10
4 lbs 9 oz.
9% Moisture Content
Sound throughout with nice black
lines and variegated colors.
$18.00




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A-40
Silver Maple
3 3/8 x 12 x 13 ½
7 lbs. 12 oz.
8% Moisture Content
Nice piece of turning /project wood has
nice fiddle back on faces also on edges
$20.00




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A-41
Spalted silver maple
3 ¾ x 9 5/8 x 10
6 Lbs.  11 oz.
8% Moisture Content
Nicely spalted and very sound,  can see
no problems in this wood for turning.
Should be gorgeous.
$18.00





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A-42
Spalted silver Maple
3 13/16 x 9 x 9
5 Lbs. 6 oz.
8% Moisture Content
Very ghostly white background color. Very fine
fiddle back. Most notable checks should turn
out at 9” The checks are black and tight so any
left in the turning stabilized with super glue
would be attractive.
$14.00





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A-43
Silver Maple
2 13/16 x 8 3/8 x 8 3/8
4 Lbs. 2 oz.
8% Moisture Content
Project wood has figured top and bottom with
some small burl clusters. Edges are figured. As a
turning the bark on  the back will turn out leaving
no additional work. Bark is sound.
$14.00




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A-44
Silver Maple
3 1/16 x 9 ½ x 10
6 Lbs. 12 oz.
8% Moisture Content
Project or turning wood. Nicely figured top and
bottom.  Should require nothing but turning.
$16.00




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A-45
End piece of quarter sawn fiddle back guitar
blank silver Maple
2 ¼ x 7 1/16 x 7 1/16
3Lbs.
9%  Moisture Content
Will make a nice piece . Can see no additional
work other than turning.
$14.00





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A-46
Spalted silver Maple
6 1/8 x 9 ¾ x 9 15/16
7 Lbs. 15 oz.
8% Moisture Content
Lots of good color with every indication of being
a  gorgeous turning.  Seems to be  heavy and
firm.  I’m reasonably sure that it will turn
without problems.  End checks should turn away
leaving 8 ¾ “ diam.
$20.00





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A-47
Spalted Silver Maple
4 ½ x 12 x 9 3/8 to 11
7 Lbs. 11 oz.
8% Moisture Content
Lots of color and an indication of good black
lines.  Firm.  Turning away the end checks would
leave  about an 8 ½ in. turning. May need some
super glue stabilization as you go.
$18.00



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A-48
Spalted Maple
2 ¼ x 11 x 11
5 Lbs. 9 oz.
12% Moisture Content
Quarter sawn. Will make a nice turning.
$14.00





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A-49
Silver Maple
2 1/8 x 10 ?  x 11
4 Lbs. 4 oz.
8% Moisture Content
Project wood.  Nice figure throughout. Some lg.
checks in the heart seam as seen in photo but
could be a nice turning
$12.00




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A-50
Nicely figured silver maple
2 ¾ x 8 x 13 ¼
6 Lbs. 11 oz.
9% Moisture Content
Sawn on the quarter. Project  wood. Figured
with nice fiddle on the edges and sound
throughout
$18.00





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A-51
Spalted Maple
3/5/8  X  7 5/8 X  16
3lbs. 9 oz.
8%  Moisture Content
Firm punk, should turn well but will require
experience, worth the effort. Has many shades of
creams with lots of fine black lines throughout.
$12.00





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A-52
Spalted Silver maple
4 x 15 ½ to 12 x 14
13 lbs. 8 oz.
8% Moisture Content
Hard no punk. Has large crotch.  Some black lines.
Creams, browns and grays. Should be easy to turn
with little additional work. It should be
an outstanding piece
$24.00




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A-53
Spalted Maple
4 1/8 x 10 ¾ x 14 1/3
10 lbs. 13 oz.
8% Moisture Content
Firm, no punk. Creams, blues, grays with some
orange red.Has some black line. Should turn
clear at 8 1/2
$20.00





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A-54
Spalted maple
3 ½ x 12 ¾ x 13 3/8
10 lbs. 10 oz.
8% Moisture Content
Lots of variegated colors, black line, no punk.
Should turneasy but may require some epoxy or
super glue stabilization,but minimally so.
Will make a wonderful piece!
$26.00





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A-55
Spalted Maple
2 ¾ x 10 1/ x 15 ¼
8 lbs. 7 0z.
8% Moisture Content
Grays and creams, some black line, could be
more inside. Has curly figure on faces. Edges are
full fiddle back. There are some tight checks.
Good for project/ turning wood
22.00





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A-56
Spalted Maple
3 3/8 x 13 ½ x 13 ½
11 lbs.8 oz.
12% Moisture Content
Spalt runs through 1/2 side of block, creamy
white with good black lines. Solid. Other half is
shades of red.  No checks
$20.00





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A-57
Spalted Maple
3 1/16 x 13 ½ x 13 ½
10 lbs. 1 oz.
13% Moisture Content
Black line spalt runs throughout. Void on one
side would turn out leaving a diam. @12 ½. There
are some checks but relatively thin that will need
to be filled. It has some unusual spalt lines.
$20.00





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A-58
Spalted Maple
3 ½ x 6 5/16 x 13
4 lbs. 9 0z.
8 % Moisture Content
Beautiful spalt, solid and hard. Has lots of black
line. Creams and blue grays, hard and solid.  Any
checks left are fine and black and will look like
black line spalt when finished
$24.00





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A-59
Spalted Maple
3 5/16 x 7 ¾ x 16
5 lbs. 6 oz.
8% Moisture Content
This has gorgeous black line spalt, hard and solid
 throughout, no punk. Blue grays creams. Would
make a fantastic turning.  I am still entertaining
the idea of  keeping # 58 and 59
$28.00





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A-60
Spalted Maple
3 1/8 x 10 5/16 x 15
5 lbs. 9 oz.
8% Moisture Content
Lots of fine black line spalt  over a field of cream
with tans and blue grays. This piece is a firm
punk and no checks. Will require an experienced
turner but the end results will be worth it.
$16.00





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A-65
Rare Curly piece of Willow
3 ¾ x 9 to 6 ¾ x 12 ½ to 15 ¾
7 lbs. 10 oz.
7% Moisture Content
Creamy and red colors of the old cream- sickle I
used to eat as a kid.  There are two tunings in
this piece. No checks. What bark inclusions that
may be left after turning would be easy to fix by a
novice turner.
20.00




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A-66
Highly spalted and figured maple burl
4 ½ x 7 x 7 ½
4 lbs. 4 oz.
8% Moisture Content
Will make a beautiful natural edge turning. No
checks The picture says it all!
20.00




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A-67
Highly figured and spalted maple burl
6 to 3” x 9 x 10 3/8
8 lbs. 3 oz.
9% Moisture Content
Should make an oblong  natural edge bowl. Crack
on the bottom. Easy to fill with epoxy.  Worth the
time and effort
$20.00





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A-68
Red Maple
4 3/16 x 10 x 11 5/8
10 lbs.10 oz.
9% Moisture Content
Figured ,quarter sawn and has some minimal
spalting.  Easy to turn. May need a short check
filled after turning.
$20.00





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A-69
Maple
3 3/16 x 7 x 10 to 8
4 lbs.6 oz.
8% Moisture Content
This piece of crotch maple is figured all sides,
top and bottom. There are no checks. Should
turn clear @ 7”
$14.00





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A-70
Maple
3 15/16 x 9 ½ x 14 1/8
8 lbs. 14 oz.
8 % Moisture Content
Figured maple has some spalted colors. This is a
turning or project wood. As a turning, one waste
corner would have a gorgeous knife handle in it.
It has a small but firm bark inclusion on one edge.
$20.00





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A-71
Spalted  Maple
3 1/8 X 7 ¾ X 14 ½
4 LBS. 10 OZ.
8% Moisture Content
This has gorgeous black line spalt , hard and
solid throughout, no punk. Blue grays, greens
and creams. Would make a fantastic turning.
Entertaining the idea of keeping #71 & #72
$24.00





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A-72
Spalted Maple
3 3/8 X 9 X 13 3/8
4 lbs. 15 oz.
8% Moisture Content
This has gorgeous black line spalt, hard and solid
 throughout, no punk. Blue grays, greens and
creams.  Would make a fantastic turning.
Entertaining the idea of keeping #71 & #72
$26.00





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A-88 Fiddle back Maple
Could be a guitar piece
Sawn on the Quarter  2 ¾ thick  x 7 5/8 width  x 24
13/16 length  11 lbs.  Dry
$75.00




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A-89
Silver Maple sawn on the quarter
2 3/16 thick x 7 11/16 width x 23 1/8 length  9 lbs.
This is an unusual white piece of maple, highly
figured on all 4 sides  The medularies will pop
once finished
Could be a guitar piece
$90.00




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A-90
Maple
2 7/8 thick x 8 3/16 x to 7 3/8 width x 26 ¼
14 lbs.  Dry  Unusual colored highly figure piece (
all 4 sides)  with nice shades of mauve has
spalting that is totally sound.
Could be a guitar piece
$90.00




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A-91
Fiddle back claro walnut
2 7/8 thick x 7 ½ width x 20 3/16 length
Dry
Sawn on the quarter
Highly figured
Could be a guitar piece
$90.00
A-92
Fiddle back  Claro Walnut  19 1/8 wide x  2 5/16
thick x  71 ¾ length 75 lbs. (approximately)
Cabinet dry and sawn on the quarter This piece
has 4 musical grade guitar blanks at  20+ in” long
x and 7 ½” + wide The blank with the sapwood
would be cut wide enough so it could be
removed leaving 7 ½” in width.
There is an $90.00, $90.00, 100.00 and a $95.00
guitar blank in this board. There is a possible 5th
guitar blank at $60.00 or the entire board
@$400.00

A-93  
Fiddle back  Claro Walnut  1 15/16 thick 7 ¾ x to 8
3/8 width x 72 1/8 length  28 lbs (approximately)
Cabinet dry sawn on the quarter. Has  3 guitar
blanks @ 100.00 each or entire board for $270.00

A-94
Fiddle back  Claro Walnut  1 7/8 thick x 7 5/8 to 8
½ wide x 73 3/8  27 lbs (approximately)  Has 3
guitar blanks.   Will cut individual blanks at
$100.00 each or $270.00 for entire board.





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A-95
Fiddle back  Claro Walnut
2 3/16 thick x 10 13/16 x 72 1/8 length  38 lbs.
(approximately)  Cabinet dry  There are 3 guitar
blanks in this board, many variegated rich colors
with a fiddle back background.  Blanks would be
$90.00, $90.00 and $100.00 Whole board would be
$280.00





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A-96
Fiddle back  Claro Walnut
1 7/8 thick x 13 3/8 width x 63 13/16 length
Cabinet dry  38 lbs.(approximately)  
There are 2 perfect guitar blanks in this piece
with a possible 3rd with some repair work.  Deep
variegated rich colors with excellent fiddle back.  
1 blank at $120.00   one @ $100.00 the possible  
piece at 60.00.  Entire board at $300.00
this piece as well as A-96  and A-95 have guitar
necks within the boards.





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A-97
Quarter sawn piece of maple has good fiddle
back and black line spalting action. All  solid and
sound  4 3/4 x 8 ½ x 19 ¼   
8% Moisture Content  16.00lbs.
$35.00




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A-98
Figured  Myrtle wood
2 ¾ x 8 ¾  to 6 3/8 x 21 ¼   9lbs.    8% Moisture
Content  Curly, nicely figured Myrtle wood with
lots of nice colors         
$35.00




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A-99
Curly, nicely figured Myrtle wood with lots of nice
colors.  2 5/8 x 8 ½ to 6 3/8 x 25 ¼    10 ½ lbs.   
8% Moisture Content  
$39.00






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A-100
Curly, nicely figured Myrtle wood with lots of nice
colors   2 ¼ x 6 516 x 25 5/8    7 ½ lbs    8%  
Moisture Content          
$39.00
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B-1
Curly, nicely figured Myrtle wood with lots of nice
colors  2 5/8 x 5 ½ x 12 ¾   4 lbs  8%  
Moisture Content  
$24.00





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B-2  myrtle wood
2 ¾ x 12 5/16 x 36 15/16
27 lbs
8% Moisture Content
Wonder piece of  quarter sawn fiddle back myrtle
wood with one large spalted corner that is both
sound, no punk and fiddle back
Music potential
$125.00
Sold





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B-3
2 ¾ x 11 ¼ x 35 9/16
8% moisture content
23lbs.
Wonderful  piece of  quarter sawn fiddle back
myrtle
Music potential
$110.00
Sold





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B-6
3 3/8 x 10 3/8 x 51 ¼
41 lbs
8% Moisture Content
This piece is quarter sawn. Has lots of musical
potential, heave fiddle back both sides
$425.00





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B-7
3 11/16 x 7 7/8 x 20 ¼
11 lbs.
8% Moisture Content
Myrtle burl, has creams and grays, solid spalt one
shallow bark inclusion ¼ in. deep
$79.00
Sold
Mrytle wood fiddle back

B-8-1   1 3/16 X 6 7/16 X 20 7/16

B-8-2    1 1/16 X 6 7 /16  X 18 ¾

B-8-3    1 1/8 X 6 3/8 X 18 5/16

B-8-4    13/16 X 5 TO 4 7/8 X 18 5/8
These pieces were all cut from the same board
and sold as a group.  Figure goes through the
boards, sawn on the quarter
8% Moisture Content.
$75.00



B-9 Group
These 2 burl and fiddle back boards are sold
together as they are matched
9% moisture Content
From Left to right
15/16 x 9 1/16 x 24
15/16 x 7 13/16 x 20 5/15
$28.00
Sold
B-10 Group
This group of 8 boards is fiddle back white
English Walnut, (mainly sapwood)
This is sold as a project bundle.
It’s photographed to show the fiddle back side
8% Moisture Content
From left to right
1 13/16 x 7 ¼ x 17 3/16
2 5/16 x 3 3/8 x 18 3/8
2 1/8 x 4 ½ x 16 ¾
2 15/16 x 3 3/8 x 18
2 ½ x 3 1/4 x 16 3/8
1 ¾ x 1 3/4 3x 15 5/16
1 ¾ x 1 3/3x 15 5/16
1 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 16 5/16
$75.00 for all

B-11
5 Highly figured  Maple project bundle is all
matched for grain and color
9% moisture content
From left to right
15/16 x 7 ¼ x 21 5/16     $12.00
15/16 x 7 5/16 x 21 1/8 $10.00
15/16 x 7 ½ x 20 5/16    $8.00
15/16 x 7 13/16 x 21 ¾  $10.00
15/16 x 9 5/16 x 23 1/16 $12.00
Or buy all for $45.00


B-12
4 Highly figured  Maple project bundle is all
matched for grain and color
9% moisture content
From left to right
1 x 8 1/16 x 21 5/16      $16.00
1 x 7 x 21                      $13.00
1 x 7 13/16 x 21            $16.00
1 x 8 1/16 x 20 7/8        $16.00
Or all for $49.00
B-13 Group 2
B-13 Group 1
B-13 Group 1
Quilted maple Project wood, all matched for color
and grain
9% moisture Content From left to right
1 1/16 x 9 ½ x 23 ¼   $26.00
Sold
1 1/16 x 6 ¾ x 21 1/16  $20.00 Sold
1 1/16 x 10 1/16 x 20 ¾  $28.00 Sold
1 1/16 x 8 13/16 x 23 3/8  $28.00 Sold

B-13 Group 2
1 1/16 x 11 9/16 x 20 ¾ $26.00
7/8 x 6 ¾ x 21 1/8        $24.00
1 1/16 x 7 3/16 x 21 1/16 $24.00
Sold
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B-14  Book matched fiddleback maple pieces
9% moisture content 1 1/8 x 20 1/8 x 16 58   $20.00

B-15  Curly to quilt maple book matched pieces
1 1/16 x 16 ¾ x 23 ¾  9% moisture content  $35.00
Sold

B-16 Burly fiddle back book matched maple
pieces
9% Moisture Content  1 1/16 x 16 7/8 x 24 1/8
$40.00
Sold
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B-17  Burly book matched maple pieces will
require some fill 1 1/16 x 16 ½ x 18 ¾  9% moisture
content  $30.00

B-18  Highly figured book matched maple pieces.  
Has wain (1 x 7/8 x 1)1on back of one board.   1
1/8 x 14 7/8 x 23 9/16,  9% moisture content    
$25.00

B-19  This figured maple book match has wain (
1/2" x 11/16 x8 on backside edge
1 1/8 x 13 1/8 x 20 1/16  9% moisture content  
$19.00
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B-20 Highly fiddle back  maple book match
1 1/16 x 15 1/8 x 24  9% moisture content  $26.00

B-21  Highly fiddle back maple book match  The
top 1/3 is pretty much trash but could be saved,
the price says it all  1 1/16 x 15 1/8 x 24 3/8  9%
moisture content
$12.00

B-22  Absolutlely beautiful book matched maple.
One board has wain issues but if taking off equal
amount of each board you would have a 15 1/2”
wide book matched board with no natural edge
showing  1 1/8 x 17 ¼ x 24 3/8   9% moisture
content    $40.00
Sold
B-25  Display stands
Average dangle length 10 to 11” but the brass
changed
B-25-1  Spalted maple burl   $10.00
B-25-2  Maple burl with natural edge  $10.00
B-25-3  English walnut with white sapwood  $10.00
B-25-4 Bead blasted aluminum stand. The top
inside dia. is 2 1/8”  Would display a cone shape
turning or let your imagination go to work  $10.00

B-25-2 group
Display stands
These are all cross sections of desert iron wood
root. Average dangle length 10 to 11” but the
brass can be cut to  length and radius of loop can
be changed
B-25-5  B-25-6  B-25-7  B-25-8  $10.00 Ea.
8% Moisture content  Natural bark top. Has appx. 1 ½” long
check on back side  in the middle,will have to be filled  $8.00
B-24-2 Curly maple2.070 dia. X 10 ¼
Has lacquer finish on it  has interesting bark inclusions that
run clear through it 8% Moisture content $8.00
B-24-3 Maple 3.100 dia. X 18 1/16 Highly figured round
8% moisture content    $22.00
B-24-4  Maple 3.100 dia. X 19 5/8 Beautifully figured maple.
Has soundly attached 3”  long x 1 7/8 wide bark pocket on
back side. Could be an attractive feature. 8% Moisture
Content    $22.00
B-24-5 Maple 2.380 x 13 5/16 Figured crotch piece red maple
8%  $12.00
B-24-6 Maple Burl 2 15/16 x 11 13/16 Sound no rot spalted
maple burl.  8% Moisture Content  $20.00
B-24-7 Maple 3.225 x 13 ¼ Beautiful piece of maple burl
8%  Moisture Content    $22.00
I can turn wood in different diameters out of various figured
woods at your request. Lenghts up to 32" depending on
diameter. Let me know  what you need.