Marbled Sweet Gum Wood

Sweet gum wood though has been another story.

Marbled sweet gum wood. That is it warps. This is pretty impressive for firewood. I had this wood before i had a lathe. This one surprised me.

Because come winter these woods in tai tong hong kong transform themselves into truly magical and breathtaking the leaves on the sweet gum. There was some splating. And when quartersawn it passes as the costly circassian walnut fancied for fine furniture and gunstocks. Veneer plywood furniture speaker acoustic cabinets interior trim boxes crates and turned objects.

Further flatsawn red gum as well as flatsawn sap gum from smaller trees has a tendency to. This wood species is not listed in the cites appendices and is reported by the iucn as being a species of least concern. The often beautifully figured stock can resemble walnut. I kept some sweet gum for when we wanted to keep the fire going but didn t want any heat.

This is pretty impressive for firewood. I picked up quite a few pieces of this wood off of craigslist nearly 7 years ago. We burned wood for heat for maybe 20 years. The wood was full of pleasant surprises.

It was a challenge keeping the turning together. A lot of times i seal the ends and saw 3 3 8 thick. Let me know what can be done with this wood it s beautiful. As for sweet gum wood you can rest assured that you are getting a fine burning wood because it is cable of producing 20 6 million btus per cord.

I saw it 5 4 to get a 3 4 board. Red gum and black gum are a lot different than sweet gum. As a result the wood shrinks lengthwise as well as every direction during drying. It is very pretty but prone to warp.

Sweet gum or red gum has yellow sapwood and a dark reddish brown heartwood that is marbled for the most part.