Lyptus Wood

[Robert McGowen]

Hi,

I am probably behind the learning curve here, but has anyone used any "Lyptus" wood before. I found some at a hardwood lumber store today and it was reasonably priced, but I had never used it before. Internet search shows that it is a hybrid hard wood from South America and is supposed to be very easy to work with and has properties similar to mohagany and is very dense. It looked really nice, but I wanted to hear from someone who has worked with it before I shelled out the money. I would be using it for cutting boards, which it is supposed to be well suited for.

Thank in advance!

Robert

[Keith Christopher]

There is a thread on this wood here, I will tell you

it's dense and heavy
it is fairly open pored
it finishes very nicely and looks great

AND IT SPLINTERS LIKE A -you know what- this stuff splintered more than ANY wood I've used including mahogany. Over all I like the stuff but man the splinters I removed working this stuff.

[Tom Pritchard]

Robert, check out this thread that I posted a while back. There's some good info. on lyptus in it. Good luck!http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=19549