Soft Maple Live Edge Wood Slab #A995 141" x 32"-47" x 3.3" — overhead view — Oak City Customs

Soft Maple Live Edge Wood Slab #A995 141" x 32"-47" x 3.3" — detail 1 — Oak City Customs

Soft Maple Live Edge Wood Slab #A995 141" x 32"-47" x 3.3" — detail 2 — Oak City Customs

Soft Maple Live Edge Wood Slab #A995 141" x 32" - 47" x 3.3"

$3,900.00

Species: Soft Maple
Cut / Edge: Live Edge
Length: 141"
Width: 32" - 47"
Thickness: 3.3"
Board Feet: 122.8
Surface Finish: Planed
Live Edge Character: Medium
Figure: Wavy
Kiln Dried: Yes
Approx. Weight: 338 lbs
Slab ID: A995

Soft Maple is sold on its sapwood, which runs nearly white to a light golden or reddish brown, with darker reddish brown heartwood where it shows. Grain is generally straight but can be wavy, with a fine, even texture, and curly figure turns up often enough to look for. It works easily with hand and machine tools, though it can burn under a slow router pass and blotch under stain, so we favor clear oil or hardwax finishes that keep the pale color. Soft is relative to Hard Maple; it lands near walnut and cherry in hardness. It suits tables, desks and bench tops. Our Soft Maple is red or silver maple, milled and kiln dried in Zebulon, NC.

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About the wood

Soft Maple

Acer rubrum (red maple); Acer saccharinum (silver maple)

The pale, affordable maple, and the one most likely to carry curl, spalting or ambrosia. Soft is relative to hard maple only: it sits near walnut and cherry in hardness and density.

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Janka: 950 lbf
Origin: Eastern North America (red maple); northeastern United States (silver maple)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern

Working & finishing

Fairly easy to work with hand and machine tools and easier than hard maple; it burns under high-speed cutters such as a router, so keep the bit moving. Turns, glues and finishes well but blotches under stain, so OCC finishes it clear. A water-white oil or hardwax keeps the pale color; an oil-based finish warms it toward amber. Sand one grit finer than oak because the fine texture shows every scratch.

Care

Indoor use only; rated non-durable to perishable. Wipe spills promptly and keep the pale surface out of standing water, which can grey it. Expect moderate seasonal width movement and refresh oil finishes with a thin coat as they dull.