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Norawy Maple Seciific Gravity?

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snedeker:
Anyone know what this might be?  Close to sugar maple?  I have a nice stave.

Dave

Hillbilly:
I looked it up one time and seems like it was close to sugar maple. I have a couple staves too that I need to play with.

snedeker:
I can't find a hit anywhere about it on a search engine.  Weiht per cubic foot would be ok.  My general understanding is that its a hard maple generally.  My stave feels pretty light - for example compared to the oak piece of similar size, both dry, right next to it in the stack.

Dave

sumpitan:
Norway maple is markedly lower in S.G. (~.55) than sugar maple, although denser and stronger than big-leaf maple, and a fine selfbow wood.

Tuukka

Hillbilly:
what few references I could find in a web search are extremely variable, listing it as anywhere from .56-.68. I do know that the wood in hand is much heavier and harder than red maple, which is in the low-mid fifties.

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