I guess there was a big breeze that came through last Saturday. I'd gone over to see if there were any usable lumber lengths, but the large main trunk had been cut up into 1-2 foot pieces. I grabbed a couple chunks to see about some bowls. Smells great, but it's checking quickly, which I hear is common for this type of wood.
Last time I turned some of that stuff I was working in a small shed, with the doors shut. I knew it would smell so I didn't think much about it until I found myself running for the nearest bucket. I cant turn the stuff now, the first whiff of the stuff churns my stomach. My advice, leave the windows or doors open, a little sniff of the stuff is great when you have a cold, but a dirty great big bowl full of the stuff was more than I could stomach.
Hotfoot.
I wouldn't mind a wildly convoluted bowl, sans cracks. Some research says it moves while on the lathe, though. Okay... And I feel the same way about the cordial "Southern Comfort", Hotfoot. Tom
tom wrote in news:1189014077.481735.120130 @o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com:
There are turners in our area that work with it on occasion.
The Aussies will tell you that there are a bunch of eucalypts, and that they have some unique variations. Ours, in the SF Bay area, are primarily blue gums. Turn it wet, and stand back.
They were brought in to help build railroads over a century ago, a project for which they are particularly poorly suited. Or so the story goes.
Patriarch
I checked your pictures. The wood's salmon color make me think it may be African Sumac It's used a lot in your part of the country for landscaping. Also, your bowl shows none of the typical internal slitting or ruptures.
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