How to use silver maple

[TurtleTom]

I am offered some free fresh cut silver maple and am wondering just what the heck to do with it. I know it's fuzzy prone but I'd really like to spalt some if someone knows a good way to do it. Hard to turn down free wood.

 

[BSea]

I have a wooded back yard. I just find a shady place & set my logs out for a year or so. I just got a fresh batch of pecan to set out for spalting. I let the leaves pile up around them, and let nature do what it does.

 

[steve worcester]

Silver Maple is one of my favorites. Can get fuzzy on the ingrain. But! It is really quick to spalt but goes from spalted to rotten fairly quickly.
I use it for bowls, turn green leaving thick 10% walls, coat it in sealer, all of it. Leave it for a year and re-turn it.
But what do you want to do with it?