I have seven acres of heavily forrested land in the pocono mountains. Recently we had two soft maple trees downed in a storm and had them cut into boards of 1.25" thick, 7 to 8 inches wide and 8 foot in length. Any experience, comments, musings on this maple for wooden chassis or other audio housing projects?

I also have a Babe Ruth sized Ash tree that is on it's last leg...

and we have two or three cherry trees that must soon be harvested due to damages to them.

it's getting to be a bit of fun stockpiling these woods... though a new learning curve for me.

we've also harvested a lot of hemlock... though all of that wood has been sawn into structural lumber that we are building our cabin with.

cheers,

msl

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::::Have you got the space and patience (2 years)to air dry that lumber? Both the Cherry and Ash would be special.::::

the soft maple has already been airdrying for about 12 months. I have it stored (temp) in my cabin... which actually looks a lot more akin to a wood shed.

I'm looking forward to sawing some of the cherry and the ash (if the tree doesn't find it's good health again)...

any of these woods good for speaker cabinets???

Mike

Almost as many opinions on Woodworking as Audio and these are just mine.

I finished by Tangband bookshelves with black aniline dyed oak and it looks incredible.

With the cherry, I read in a recent magazine that the best way to finish is just a clear coat with no dye or stain, and just let it darken with age.