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Red Tag Bundles
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Ash
Rustic Ash
Spalted Ash
Basswood
Basswood
Low Grade Basswood
Spalted Basswood
Black Locust
Box Elder
Catalpa
Hackberry
Honey Locust
Poplar
Red Pine
Sap Gum
Sassafras
Thin Walnut
White Pine
Knotty Pine
Stained Knotty Pine
Blue Stained Knotty Pine
Wormy Soft Maple
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The Straight Cut
October 2012
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Get Ready for the Holidays!
It is hard to believe that the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays are upon us. Thanksgiving is a mere 36 days away! At Bailey Wood Products, owner Jeff Schucker is busy making beautiful food prep boards from a variety of exotic wood species. Large 12” x 18” boards are good for general prep when you need a bigger work surface; this size is ideal for use as a pastry and bread board, and preparing larger portions. The medium board works well for cutting up vegetables and as a serving piece when you require a cutting surface in your presentation. The smallest board is the Wine and Cheese Board and makes an excellent board for serving up holiday snacks.
All of these boards are manufactured at Bailey Wood Products from nothing less than the finest hardwoods. The boards are constructed from Maple, Beech, and Birch, and accented with Walnut, Mahogany, Cherry, Jatoba, Bloodwood, Hickory, Ash and Curly Maple. Boards can be custom made to your specifications. They make great holiday gifts for the chef who likes to make a truly impressive presentation. Please give Jeff a call for prices or visit him at one of these upcoming craft shows:
Autumn Stroll Craft Show in Pine Grown, October 20
Lehigh Carbon Community College Fall Holiday Classic, November 9-10
...Visit our Facebook page for additional Craft Show dates and locations.
Featured Wood Species: Ambrosia Maple
This month’s feature wood is Ambrosia Maple, also known as Worm Streak Maple, Ghost Maple or Spook Maple. The streaking present in the wood is created by the Ambrosia Beetle, which leaves behind the small holes you see in the photos. The wood reacts to the beetle where it bores in the tree by changing the color of the wood from a white sapwood or brown heartwood to more of a grayish streak. This creates some unique patterns in the wood, giving it a more rustic appearance. This figure will vary from tree to tree, depending on the amount of activity by the beetles. Not all Soft Maple (Red Maple) trees have beetles present in them. We also carry wood that is free of these character marks for those interested in a clear product.
For the month of October, we are featuring Ambrosia or “Ghost Maple”. It gets this name from the small holes that look like the eyes of a ghost, which is created by the Ambrosia Beetle. The grayish brown streaks that develop swirl like the “body of the ghost in the Fall night time air” taking on a life of its own if you look long enough at the figure in the wood. No two pieces of wood like alike.
The wood works the same as ordinary Soft Maple. It machines well and can be used for many different projects ranging from furniture, flooring, cabinetry, jewelry boxes and many other craft items where the figure can be prominently displayed.
We are very fortunate to have found some of this material that has both the “ghost figure” along with a curly grain pattern, a very unusual combination. Often times, we can find nicely figured Ambrosia or Curly Maple, but to have both in one board is a rarity. You can see from the photo that the curly grain makes the “ghost figure” wiggle in the piece, making for even more interesting projects. If you would like to come see this material, it is available in our retail sales area for inspection. Prices for the Curly “Ghost Maple” range from $7.00 - $9.00 / bf. The non-Curly “Ghost Maple” prices range from $3.60 - $4.75 / bf depending on width. We do have a limited supply of this material. Halloween might come around next year before we see material like this again. Come out and get some of this unique material for a Ghostly Maple Halloween Treat!
Ambrosia Maple and Curly Ambrosia Maple
The End Result:
While Bailey supplies wood products and lumber for your projects, we are always interested in seeing the end result of your labor and expertise. We would love to feature your finished projects and completed installations in our newsletter "The Straight Cut" and on our website as well. Please send photos along with descriptive text of your work to bailey@baileywp.com
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