Big Tooth Maple is one of the prettiest trees that grow here in our desert climate. http://extension.usu.edu/range/Woody/bigtoothmaple.htm It has some really brilliant color in the fall. I found a big one (about 14" diameter) that was blown over so I decided to salvage the wood. Most of it was hollow and rotten even up into the small branches. But I got some small pieces of wood from it. I've been roughing some things from it but this is a piece I turned start to finish last night and them used the infamous Keith Burns 10 minute finish on tonight. It's 5" x 3". The little finial, knob, whatever is also from the same wood but was much lighter.
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