In article , "J" wrote:
why use soft?

It's a *lot* less expensive, and often has better figure. And with respect to
maples, "soft" is something of a relative term anyway. Lumber from Acer rubrum
(red maple) is sold as soft maple to distinguish it from that of A. saccharum
(sugar maple), but A. rubrum is harder than black ash or American elm, as hard
as cherry, and nearly as hard as black walnut.

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Doug Miller (alphageek-at-milmac-dot-com)

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