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Martin H. Eastburn Martin H. Eastburn is offline
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Default Sweetgum gloat

Good for you - just remember it contains sugars and might char if gotten
hot. But that is mostly rubbing not cutting.

Martin

Gerald Ross wrote:
This afternoon a tree cutter brought me 58 sections of sweetgum, 18
inches long and 12-20 inches diameter. I stood them on end and sealed
one end already. Tomorrow another friend with a band mill is going to
rip the pith out of them.

I hate to see this stuff go in a land fill, but what am I going to do
with over a hundred bowl blanks? The ones I cut in January are just
ready for finish turning. I need a larger drying shed.