Red Gum Tree Wood

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Red gum tree wood. As the name suggests forest red gum is a medium to tall forest tree. Red gum commonly known as sap gum or sweet gum red gum grows in southeast united states. The wood is also used to make chopsticks for the east asian market as it has a naturally light color with appeal to certain segments of the asian market. American gum is moderately hard stiff and heavy and has a low steam bending classification.
Height weight average height is 100 to 120 feet but some grow to. Trees of this species grow to a height of 20 to 50 metres with a girth of up to two metres. The heartwood is sold as red gum while the sapwood is sold as sap gum. Its wide availability has seen it used for a range of applications including heavy construction railway sleepers flooring framing fencing plywood and veneer manufacture wood turning.
Reddish pink colors with a cream colored sapwood set this wood apart. Main uses cabinet making furniture parts doors millwork strips and moulding turnings and rail ties. River red gum eucalyptus camaldulensis is an iconic australian tree yielding an equally iconic australian timber the timber has a reputation for durability strength and its distinctive red colouring. Trees are typically 2 5 ft.
It has many names including liquid amber or copalm balsam. In diameter but can be much larger. Availability readily available often separated for color and sold as sapgum sapwood and redgum heartwood. Good substitute for walnut when.
The interlocked grain is difficult to work but has an incredible finish that is well worth the effort. The trunk is straight and is usually unbranched for more than half the total height of the tree with limbs that are more steeply inclined than other eucalypt species. The tree s gum resin for which the tree is named exudes from the bark of the tree when wounded. Besides the standard health risks associated with any type of wood dust no further health reactions have been associated with river red gum.
See the articles wood allergies and toxicity and wood dust safety for more information. Australian red river gum is a dense hardwood that typically show some bees wing figure on quarter sawn faces.