Kathy Marshall
04-24-2011, 4:51 AM
On the way home from work last night I stopped by the tree trimmer's to see if they cut anything interesting during the week. The only thing they had was some citrus and eucalyptus that they were holding for a guy that wanted it for firewood, but they said I could take a look and see if I wanted any. Wasn't really interested in any citrus, but I thought I would take a look at the euc to see if it was anything like the last euc I got from them.
This was not the typical euc you see all over Phx. Most of the eucs here have a stingy bark that sheds leaving a smooth trunk. This had typical tree bark. So I took a couple logs to play with. I've seen a few of these trees around town and have been wondering what the wood looks like, and now I know.
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Trimmed the logs up and got them sealed today, but kept out 1 piece to give it a try.
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The picture doesn't show the color well, but after a fresh cut the heartwood was red, faded to a pinkish/salmon color when the surface dried (took all of about 30 seconds here). As with the other euc I have turned, this stuff likes to crack, especially around the pith.
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This wood cut very nice. What surprised me was how quickly it dulled my gouge considering the wood is not that hard. I've also never had a piece of wood that wore out sandpaper so fast, but it did sand up nicely.
It has a coat of BLO and I fogot to measure, but it's probably about 8" x 5" x 4" or thereabouts. It's sitting in a plastic bag now, hopefully it won't crack more.
As always, comments and critiques are welcome.
This was not the typical euc you see all over Phx. Most of the eucs here have a stingy bark that sheds leaving a smooth trunk. This had typical tree bark. So I took a couple logs to play with. I've seen a few of these trees around town and have been wondering what the wood looks like, and now I know.
192672 192669
Trimmed the logs up and got them sealed today, but kept out 1 piece to give it a try.
192666 192671
The picture doesn't show the color well, but after a fresh cut the heartwood was red, faded to a pinkish/salmon color when the surface dried (took all of about 30 seconds here). As with the other euc I have turned, this stuff likes to crack, especially around the pith.
192667 192670 192668
This wood cut very nice. What surprised me was how quickly it dulled my gouge considering the wood is not that hard. I've also never had a piece of wood that wore out sandpaper so fast, but it did sand up nicely.
It has a coat of BLO and I fogot to measure, but it's probably about 8" x 5" x 4" or thereabouts. It's sitting in a plastic bag now, hopefully it won't crack more.
As always, comments and critiques are welcome.