Cutting Maple

[flamesrule]

Hello out there,

Is it ok to cut maple with he cutters i have heard that hard woods are not good for them as the wood is really hard.Any thought out there would be great.
Thanks,

[Eagle Hollow]

Maple carves beautifully on the CW/CC. I've had no problems, including dulling the bits, with a dozen or more projects.

[DocWheeler]

flamesrule,

The CW carves hard wood just fine, just remember not to do full-depth cutouts in one pass. And, use sharp/clean bits.

I have carved mainly oak, poplar, purpleheart, and pine plus some walnut, cherry, and corian. I have not had the pleasure of carving maple, but I believe that purpleheart is harder.

[TerryT]

About 95% of my 700 hours of carve time has been with maple, walnut and cherry. My bits have lasted longer than I would have expected.

[flamesrule]

Thank you guys for the input i will give it a shot carving a project right now on maple....

[www.go3d.us]

Hard wood turn out great...not as much fur compare to soft pine....thus save a lots of sanding time.

[Dhaffner]

I've had great luck with maple...
Here's a sign I did for a co-worker in maple...