what do I need to do to prepare freshly cut ambrosia maple for turning? I lucked out today big time. I was out scouting storm damaged trees to haul away for those poor home owners who don't own a lathe of their own
When one of the guys next door to an unfortunate red oak told me at the university where he works they had cut down a bunch of maple trees that were infested with beetles. He told me I could have any of it I wanted (he is head of the grounds), so I went and picked up a few truck loads and have discovered these are infested with the ambrosia beetle and now I have close to 2cords of it in my back yard. I have disected a little of it on the bandsaw and found that not only is there ambrosia maple in my pile I have some highly figured mapled includined birds eye, curly and fiddleback.
When one of the guys next door to an unfortunate red oak told me at the university where he works they had cut down a bunch of maple trees that were infested with beetles. He told me I could have any of it I wanted (he is head of the grounds), so I went and picked up a few truck loads and have discovered these are infested with the ambrosia beetle and now I have close to 2cords of it in my back yard. I have disected a little of it on the bandsaw and found that not only is there ambrosia maple in my pile I have some highly figured mapled includined birds eye, curly and fiddleback.