maple wood
Furniture grain source
Maple wood is timber from maple trees, prized for its hardness, durability, and attractive grain.
It's widely used in furniture, flooring, cabinetry, and musical instruments—particularly the backs and sides of violins and guitar necks.
The butcher block was solid maple wood.
Hard maple is especially valued for surfaces that take heavy wear.
- butcher blockLaminated wood work surface
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- bird's eyeOverhead vantage point
- stainingApplying dye or pigment
- sandingFriction-smoothing a surface
cabinetry · hardness · bowling alley · bowling lane · furniture · musical instruments · cutting boards · baseball bat · hockey stick · density · tonewood · drumsticks · durability · flooring · hardwood floor · grain · turning · sports equipment
- Shaker styleladder-back chair, peg rail, rocking chair, clean lines, utility
- smoky flavorshickory, mesquite, applewood, charcoal, peat
- BBQ techniquessmoking, grilling, charcoal grilling, direct heat, indirect heat
- Maplesboxelder, box elder, Acer, moosewood
- printmakingprints, print, printing, woodcuts, woodcut
maple woodbalsa wood
Ultra-light tropical timber
pine wood · cedar wood · basswood · cottonwood · cork
maple woodplastic
Capable of being molded
steel · fiberglass · aluminum · concrete · carbon fiber