Sugar.

On 4/6/2016 7:56 PM, OFWW wrote:
On Wed, 06 Apr 2016 10:00:25 -0500, dpb wrote:

On 04/06/2016 9:45 AM, OFWW wrote:
On Wed, 6 Apr 2016 00:30:14 -0500, wrote:
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IMHO soft is plenty strong but not as dent resistant as with the hard.
Soft will also be easier to mill.

I was thinking about the latter part, they said their stuff was s3s.
Is it possible to compare the softness against Oak?

On the Janka scale, hard maple is about 1450 while white oak is about
1350 and red oak more like 1300. For comparison soft maple is 950, same
as cherry and walnut is about 1000.

It will have a "blander" characteristic than would hard maple for a
clearcoat finish; it doesn't have the highlights and occasional eye that
does hard maple, even if not selected for figure. If an opaque finish
is planned, soft will be easier to get uniform finish with but will need
proper surface prep...

Wife wants white, white.
They seem to say that Maple burns easily with hi-speed tools. Have you
noticed that?