Marbled Sweet Gum Wood

I saw it 5 4 to get a 3 4 board.

Marbled sweet gum wood.

Sweet gum wood though has been another story. I picked up quite a few pieces of this wood off of craigslist nearly 7 years ago. It is very pretty but prone to warp. Sweet gum woods sounds like something out of a fairy tale.

This is pretty impressive for firewood. As a result the wood shrinks lengthwise as well as every direction during drying. This wood species is not listed in the cites appendices and is reported by the iucn as being a species of least concern. I had this wood before i had a lathe.

Turning a sweet gum tree we had taken down. The often beautifully figured stock can resemble walnut. It was a challenge keeping the turning together. Veneer plywood furniture speaker acoustic cabinets interior trim boxes crates and turned objects.

And when quartersawn it passes as the costly circassian walnut fancied for fine furniture and gunstocks. I kept some sweet gum for when we wanted to keep the fire going but didn t want any heat. The wood was full of pleasant surprises. Sweet gum or red gum has yellow sapwood and a dark reddish brown heartwood that is marbled for the most part.

That is it warps. Red gum and black gum are a lot different than sweet gum. There was some splating. Because come winter these woods in tai tong hong kong transform themselves into truly magical and breathtaking the leaves on the sweet gum.

Further flatsawn red gum as well as flatsawn sap gum from smaller trees has a tendency to. Let me know what can be done with this wood it s beautiful. This is pretty impressive for firewood. I ve finally got around to turning so.

This one surprised me.