 Depending on the frequency and radius of the birdseye swirls, each ⅛" to ⅜" wide (0.3–1 cm), the wood may be extremely valuable.While woodworkers prize the timber primarily for its use in veneers, it also turns well on a lathe, allowing it to be shaped into decorative canes, chair legs, and handles.Bird's eye maple may be expensive, up to several times the cost of ordinary hardwood.