Maple Engineered Hardwood Flooring  > Ash  > Beech  > Genuine Mahogany  > Hickory  > Jatoba  > Maple  > Pecan  > Red Oak  > Santos  > Walnut  > Oak		Maple Engineered Hardwood Flooring by Floor Layers HARDWOOD FLOORING TYPES & DESIGNS Timber A bench made of highly-figured maple woodSome of the larger maple species have valuable timber, particularly Sugar Maple in North America, and Sycamore Maple in Europe. Sugar Maple wood, often known as "hard maple", is the wood of choice for bowling pins, bowling alley lanes, pool cue shafts, and butcher's blocks. Maple wood is also used for the production of wooden baseball bats, though less often than ash or hickory due to the tendency of maple bats to shatter when broken. Some maple wood has a highly decorative wood grain, known as flame maple and quilt maple. This condition occurs randomly in individual trees of several species, and often cannot be detected until the wood has been sawn, though it is sometimes visible in the standing tree as a rippled pattern in the bark. Birdseye maple is another distinctive grain pattern. Tonewood Maple is considered a tonewood, or a wood that carries sound waves well, and is used in numerous musical instruments. Maple is harder and has a brighter sound than Mahogany, which is the other major tonewood used in instrument manufacture.[citation needed] Most drums are made from maple. From the 70s to the 90s, maple drum kits were a vast majority of all drum kits made. In recent years, Birch has become popular for drums once again. Electric guitar necks are commonly made from maple. The necks of the Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster were originally an entirely maple one piece neck, but later were also available with rosewood fingerboards. Maple fingerboards have a brighter sound than rosewood. The tops of Gibson's Les Paul guitars are made from carved maple. Many Les Pauls have quilted or flamed maple tops, and these models are particularly prized by players and collectors. Very few solid body guitars are made entirely from maple, as it is considered too heavy. Many guitars do, however, have maple tops or veneers. Gibson uses laminated maple in the manufacture of many of its semi-hollowbody guitars. The back and sides of most violins are made from maple. Maple is also used to make bassoons and double basses.  Agriculture As they are a major source of pollen in early spring before many other plants have flowered, maples are important to the survival of honeybees that play a commercially-important role later in the spring and summer. As an engineered hardwood flooring manufacturer serving the trade, FloorLayers™ satisfies your demands. We stock a wide variety of wood species from all over the world at our 3-acre facility. And if you’re seeking an unusual species, we’ll gladly have our global sourcing agents procure it for you. With Engineered Hardwood Flooring by FloorLayers, your customers get to choose—and this gives you the “value-added” benefit that a custom wood floor warrants. Most importantly, you can finish your engineered hardwood flooring to your exact specifications—so color and finish meet your requirements. In fact, most floors are shipped unfinished for that exact reason. Custom hand scraping and finishing is also available. Select an engineered hardwood flooring type to see the design possibilities available. If you need assistance, call 714-998-5050 and one of our floor specialists will assist you. Engineered hardwood flooring can be manufactured in any width, or multiple widths up to 10 inches wide; as well as any length or multiple lengths up to 12 pattern in the bark. Birdseye maple is another distinctive grain pattern. Tonewood Maple is considered a tonewood, or a wood that carries sound waves well, and is used in numerous musical instruments. Maple is harder and has a brighter sound than Mahogany, which is the other major tonewood used in instrument manufacture.[citation needed] Most drums are made from maple. From the 70s to the 90s, maple drum kits were a vast majority of all drum kits made. In recent years, Birch has become popular for drums once again. Electric guitar necks are commonly made from maple. The necks of the Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster were originally an entirely maple one piece neck, but later were also available with rosewood fingerboards. Maple fingerboards have a brighter sound than rosewood. The tops of Gibson's Les Paul guitars are made from carved maple. Many Les Pauls have quilted or flamed maple tops, and these models are particularly prized by players and collectors. Very few solid body guitars are made entirely from maple, as it is considered too heavy. Many guitars do, however, have maple tops or veneers. Gibson uses laminated maple in the manufacture of many of its semi-hollowbody guitars. The back and sides of most violins are made from maple. ft long. That flexibility in size and style makes for infinite design possibilities. Most patterns are available, however, if you have special needs, call us at 714-998-5050. • Custom hand scraping and finishing available • Select grade, light character grade and character grade • Square, bevel, radius edges and ends • Random lengths up to 12 ft long • Tongue and groove plank flooring • Widths up to 10 inches wide FloorLayers™ cares about the environment and takes responsibility by ensuring that all source material is purchased from suppliers who are concerned about the preservation of our natural resources. FloorLayers purchases raw material from suppliers who implement only the highest standards in forestry practices, thus assuring the conservation and replenishment of our forests. More importantly, our proprietary manufacturing process actually saves trees. The flooring yield from our one-of-a-kind engineering is 4 times greater than a conventional hardwood floor. This means that FloorLayers can produce the same amount of engineered hardwood flooring from one tree where a typical flooring maker would require 4 trees to equal the same square footage. We think of it as preserving our forests—one tree at a time. Maple Engineered Hardwood Flooring

from carved maple. Many Les Pauls have quilted or flamed maple tops, and these models are particularly prized by players and collectors. Very few solid body guitars are made entirely from maple, as it is considered too heavy. Many guitars do, however, have maple tops or veneers. Gibson uses laminated maple in the manufacture of many of its semi-hollowbody guitars. The back and sides of most violins are made from maple.