Have to cut down some Sweet Gums (North Carolina). What's your opinions
about the wood? Is it worth saving?

Tom Nie

Tom,

Some of the older trees can have some color in the center, but most of
the time it is rather plain. I would cut them down just for vengence,
those pokey balls they drop are torture for bare feet.
robo hippy

Tom,

Boring wood until it spalts. I've made a number of spalted bowls with
great success. The wood spalts then rots fast. The difference between
good spalt and rot is about 2 weeks.

Well, maybe not that fast, but pretty fast. Stay on top of the process
or you will lose the wood.

Joe Fleming - San Dieog

"Joe Fleming" wrote in message
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Tom,

Boring wood until it spalts. I've made a number of spalted bowls with
great success. The wood spalts then rots fast. The difference between
good spalt and rot is about 2 weeks.

Well, maybe not that fast, but pretty fast. Stay on top of the process
or you will lose the wood.

What do they call spalted gum? Pyorrhea?

On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 06:25:33 -0400, "George" George@least wrote:


"Joe Fleming" wrote in message
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Tom,

Boring wood until it spalts. I've made a number of spalted bowls with
great success. The wood spalts then rots fast. The difference between
good spalt and rot is about 2 weeks.

Well, maybe not that fast, but pretty fast. Stay on top of the process
or you will lose the wood.

What do they call spalted gum? Pyorrhea?

juicyfruit?


mac

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"George" wrote: What do they call spalted gum? Pyorrhea?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Gumorrhea.

Pyrorrhea! Gumorrhea! Not to worry Tom. I learned on rcw that wood has
antibacterial properties. Not sure about juicy fruit.

Actually Tom, we had some handsome sweet gum moulding & trim in an old
Tallahassee home.


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Tom Nie wrote:
Have to cut down some Sweet Gums (North Carolina). What's your opinions
about the wood? Is it worth saving?



On very large trees the heartwood resembles black walnut. But
there may be six inches or more of light wood surrounding it.

It typically separates from the outer layers during drying.

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FF

Sweet gum spalts nicely.

Barry


"Tom Nie" wrote in message
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Have to cut down some Sweet Gums (North Carolina). What's your opinions
about the wood? Is it worth saving?

Tom Nie

During WWII when the supply of walnut was low for stocks on rifles
sweet gum was substituted for the walnut. I would give it a try.
Glenn
Nashville, GA

Tom Nie wrote:
Have to cut down some Sweet Gums (North Carolina). What's your opinions
about the wood? Is it worth saving?

Tom Nie


Guess I am in the minority. I like the white color myself. It's different.

OH YEA! Wear a rain coat if you turn it green. :-) No joke!

Kudzu wrote:
Tom Nie wrote:
Have to cut down some Sweet Gums (North Carolina). What's your opinions
about the wood? Is it worth saving?

Tom Nie


Guess I am in the minority. I like the white color myself. It's different.

OH YEA! Wear a rain coat if you turn it green. :-) No joke!

If you can keep it from deparating at the boudary the contrast
between the heartwood youngwood would be great.

--

FF

Tom,
In between the plain fresh cut wood and spalted wood gum can get
interesting. Here is a link to a photo on my web page
http://home.ptd.net/~ndd1/page67.html . The little bowl on the right is
freshly cut gum. The bowl on the left was cut form wood that aged for about
2 months. The time drastically improved the color of the wood.
Tony Manella
ndd1"at"prolog.net (remove "at")
http://home.ptd.net/~ndd1/
Lehigh Valley Woodturners
http://www.lehighvalleywoodturners.com/

"Joe Fleming" wrote in message
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Tom,

Boring wood until it spalts. I've made a number of spalted bowls with
great success. The wood spalts then rots fast. The difference between
good spalt and rot is about 2 weeks.

Well, maybe not that fast, but pretty fast. Stay on top of the process
or you will lose the wood.

Joe Fleming - San Dieog

Hi Tony

Nice bowls !!

Question, does the wood from fresh cut tree not darken up after a while,
(number of months/years)??
Or is the darker color of the wood from the "aged" log because of
staining/spalting.
I just like to know, thanks.

Have fun and take care
Leo Van Der Loo



Tony Manella wrote:

Tom,
In between the plain fresh cut wood and spalted wood gum can get
interesting. Here is a link to a photo on my web page
http://home.ptd.net/~ndd1/page67.html . The little bowl on the right is
freshly cut gum. The bowl on the left was cut form wood that aged for about
2 months. The time drastically improved the color of the wood.
Tony Manella
ndd1"at"prolog.net (remove "at")
http://home.ptd.net/~ndd1/
Lehigh Valley Woodturners
http://www.lehighvalleywoodturners.com/

"Joe Fleming" wrote in message
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Tom,

Boring wood until it spalts. I've made a number of spalted bowls with
great success. The wood spalts then rots fast. The difference between
good spalt and rot is about 2 weeks.

Well, maybe not that fast, but pretty fast. Stay on top of the process
or you will lose the wood.

Joe Fleming - San Dieog