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Maple (Canadian Hard Rock)

A creamy white with handsome figuring    
     
Characteristics:    

Strong, turns excellently

 

Maple turned
Maple grain
     
Common uses:    
Turning, Furniture, Tool handles, Guitars    
     
   
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Mallee Root (Australian)

A light brown with very high figuring.
Can be thousands of years old when dug from the ground after forest fires.

Available as a root or sliced.

     
Characteristics:    
Very hard, unusual shapes.
Mallee Root turned
Mallee Root
     
Common uses:    
Turning, House plaques, Clocks, Carving    
     
   
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Mgurure (African)

 
A dark timber (similar in looks to a dark grey walnut) with beautiful grain patterns
     
Characteristics:    
Quite dense and heavy. Good for fine detail
Mgurure
Mgurure grain
     
Common uses:    
Turning    
   
   
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Msaraka (African)

Warm brown with darker streaks and a contrasting sapwood
   
Characteristics:  
Straight-grained, quite heavy
Msaraka turned
Msaraka
   
Common uses:  
Turning  
   
   
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Muhuhu (African)

Different shades of brown entwined within a light brown background create a very attractive grain
     
Characteristics:    
Quite dense, close-grained wood
Muhuhu turned
Muhuhu grain
     
Common uses:    
Turning    
   
   
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Musk (Tasmanian)

Light grey timber which often has a shimmering 'fiddleback' quality similar to sycamore

     
Characteristics:    
Very hard, close grain
Musk turned
Musk grain
     
Common uses:    
Turning    
   
   
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Myrtle (Tasmanian)

Unique swirling patterns of reds and oranges, often spattered with small burrs

     
Characteristics:    
Very hard, turns well and takes an excellent finish
Myrtle turned
Myrtle grain
     
Common uses:    
Turning    
   
   
 
 
 
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