Some red gum lumber is still produced and even sold on the export market.
Is gum a hardwood.
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This wood species is not listed in the cites appendices and is reported by the iucn as being a species of least concern.
Distribution the gums are an important part of the eastern hardwood forests and are found throughout the southeastern u s.
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General description the sapwood tends to be wide and is white to light pink while the heartwood is reddish brown often with darker streaks.
Is sweet gum a hardwood or softwood.
Plain red gum plain sawn red gum figured wood quartered red gum ribbon stripe.
Red gum lumber is considered a specialty product and not quoted in the market reports.
It is very pretty but prone to warp.
Thicker cuts seem to dry flatter.
Sapgum is widely available at low cost while redgum is more uncommon and prices can be in the mid range for a domestic hardwood with prices for figured and or quartersawn pieces costing more.
There are a number of different nhla grade designation for red gum.
As you learned earlier sweet gum is easily identifiable as it comes from a tree that produces star shaped leaves that contain five points along with spiked fruit.
Once it is alight the hardwood burns long and hot.
Redgum sapgum and sweetgum.
Eventually the unyielding wood of black gum filled the bill for heavy duty tool handles factory flooring hard working parts for farm machinery conveyor rollers and the core of hardwood plywood.
And veneer from the wood s unsplitable character made it the ideal material for berry baskets for which it is still widely used.
Such trees can grow to be as old as 400 years old and they can reach towering heights of 150 feet.
Sweet gum or red gum has yellow sapwood and a dark reddish brown heartwood that is marbled for the most part.
A lot of times i seal the ends and saw 3 3 8 thick then resaw after it has dried.
I saw it 5 4 to get a 3 4 board.
It produces a lovely hot bed of coals that will burn throughout any winter night although perfect for any time of year.
Hi i have a 1920 craftsman that has gumwood everywhere trim around every window and door 2 ft high paneling in almost every room built in buffet in dining room and bookcases flanking fireplace even a gumwood mantle and a 5 gumwood pocket door.
Blue gum firewood is a dense hardwood and thus the wood does not burn up fast.
