When I split up the maple a couple weekends ago, these pieces were "speaking" to me... My grandfather used to make homemade lamps, and I have a lot of leftover parts from that. My grandmother had a little ceramics business, and he would make the bases out of wood, plus he made some wooden ones himself. So that's kinda what I was thinking about when I saw these.... Whaddya think... Too cool to burn?
OH. If this is from the maple your posted of your grandfather planting.........Lamps would be a MUST.