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hi,

I should get curly maple log so please give some advice to resaw it.
I don't have experience with curly maple so I think that for the side I should use quarter cut and for the back flat
or I should use quarter cut for all
or flat
or maybe some rift
please some suggestions before I make some and then

best
fric

If it is a log, then it is most likely not dry. Unless you need some of it right away, I would split it into quarters by hand and put it up to dry.

Quartersaw what you can if it's got a large diameter. Get it into boards and dry as soon as possible as it likes to stain when sitting in log form. The heartwood likes to crack and is darker so allow for that when sizeing. The sapwood is what i like to use for guitar building. It has the lighter more even color but will also mineral stain.

yeah , as soon as I get the log I'll resaw it and put in kiln dry process .

somewhere I hear that maple is stronger when it's flat sawn! is that true ?????????

Curly Maple figure will not show up when flatsawn, you'll get what looks like a low quality quilt.. Many try to sell flatsawn curly figure as quilted.

What you need to do is saw it into quartersawn boards/blocks then seal the ends of the boards with wax. Lee Valley has a log sealant that I'd recommend but even melting some parafin works. The wax will prevent cracking. As mentioned heartwood can shrink/crack and will be dark when it dries. Ideally you want wood big enough to just cut off and discard the heartwood. I prefer to leave everything oversized then trim it after the fact. An extra inch or two isn't going to hurt anything.

If your going to stack the wood use clear dry stickers, preferably spruce/pine and add a little weight to the pile. If your leaving it in long boards just stand them up against a wall. Keep them as vertical as possible, the more they lean the more they will bend/warp as they dry.

Then air-dry the wood until your ready to resaw it. Too much heat will cause case hardening/cracking/warping. Too little heat and you're going to get staining and/or mold. Just keep the room warm and get a lot of air circulating. Every log is different and the best thing you can do is just monitor the wood as it dries and adjust the enviroment as required.

Good luck =)

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I have plenty of Western bigleaf maple that shows the curl more or less evenly on the flat or the quarter. Perhaps slightly, but not noticeably better on the quarter.

Maple can be just as strong flatsawn or quartersawn, but the quartered stuff is much more stable and easier to bend for sides without cupping IME.

I would quarter saw it all, unless the log is too small for quartered backs.

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well it's done,
thanks for suggestions
and at the and 26 - guitar sets
and for mando I didn't count
If the log was better(full of knots and some irregularations inside) there will be more stuff but....

regards
fric