Sure. Soft maple is good. It's not quite as good, in my opinion, as hard
maple but it's fine. I've even got a few soft maple logs (12' length) with
figure in the spalting pen that I need to take out and see how they did over
the summer. We don't get a lot of maples around here except in the urban
areas so I'm happy when I get any maple at all.

- Andrew


"Phil" wrote in message
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My neighbor just cut down some old soft maples (100 years plus) and there
are several large sections from around the base that are around 5 feet in
diamiter and at least 36 inches thick. Granted I'd have to cut them down
down to turning size, but is soft maple good for turning bowls? Sorry if
this sounds like a newbe, but I am to turning bowls. Thanks