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Showing Off Sycamore 
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 From contributor B: Quarter sawn sycamore:  From contributor C: Quarter sawn sycamore:  From contributor C: Spalted sycamore:  From contributor C: Quarter sawn and spalted sycamore:  From the original questioner: How easy is it to dry? My sawyer has a vacuum kiln. Should I have him run it through the kiln, or just air dry it? I can easily get it to 12 percent or maybe lower where I live by air drying in my barn. From contributor D: Sycamore goes nuts when drying it - you need to weight it down or clamp it. From contributor C: Sycamore finishes out pretty well. When sawn green it does move quite a bit. When spalted, it just lays there and takes the sawing just fine. Quarter sawing aids in making it lay flatter and adds to the looks quite a lot.  From contributor E: I saw Doug Stowe, a nationally known Eureka Springs Arkansas wood artisan last Saturday. I took a picture of a few of his little boxes that sell for mega bucks and this one happens to be QS sycamore. The picture does not do the box justice.  From contributor F: Here is a sycamore domino box I made with Mesquite accents. The reddish swirls are heartwood. This was from an 8" limb I sawed on my Delta bandsaw before I got my mill.  From contributor F: Here is a better one -  From contributor G: Here's a little box I made from sycamore.  From contributor G: Here is the inside.  Would you like to add information to this article? Interested in writing or submitting an article? Have a question about this article? Have you reviewed the related Knowledge Base areas below? 
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