I just finished carving a few spoons and tool handles out of what I believe to be Eucalyptus wood. In dried form it was hard to carve but finished beautifully. The figure in the wood is very attractive. I also tried to make a small box out of the same but couldn't get it to plane without a lot of tear-out either using a powered jointer, powered surface planer or handplane. The knives on all were sharp. Is this typical of Eucalyptus? With the few remaining pieces of wood I may try turning it to see how that turns out.