hard maple

The blades, Fig. 3, are made of thin basswood or hard maple, and each is fastened in its place by means of two 3/8-in.

This 'ere sugar bush is as fine as I'd wish to tap: mostly hard maple, an' the right age.

The stock was of hard maple wood delicately carved, and the barrel was comparatively long, slender, and of blue steel.

Glass is the cleanest top, painted steel and hard maple coming next in order.

On the other hand, the weight of a piece of hard maple or birch is quite independent of the width of its rings.