bikefoolery Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Does anyone have experience working with Blue Gum Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus Globulus)? - Does it go by other common names? - Experience drying it in a solar kiln? - Working with the material? (Sawing? Routing?) - finishing (seems pretty oily)? - or resources to read? There is a stand that will be felled in my back yard. These tree are large (100ft tall, 2-4ft diameter trunks) On the west coast in California, USA it was deemed "commercially non-viable" long ago, but some times that just means there's quite a bit of waste, or takes too much time to deal with. There could have been advances is drying techniques since then. Well, I can deal with "takes time" time and waste; this is a hobby. Otherwise it's just going to become mediocre firewood. I was considering getting a chainsaw mill and setting some slabs aside. I've hand planed down some of the blue gum firewood from previous trees. the grain is quite nice, although there are pea sized voids or pockets (epoxy can fix that I think). I'd love to find a way to make some rustic-ish log slab benches and tables with it. Any advice is welcome. Thanks, -josh PS, professionals will be cutting and lowering the trees to the ground. I have no desire to climb trees. I'm dealing with them after they are down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/blue%20mahoe.htm Not sure if this answers any questions, but this is one place I go for info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Crawford Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 here is information on the Eucalyptus in California. http://www.independent.com/news/2011/jan/15/how-eucalyptus-came-california/ Here is the bad news from the article it was found that the trees were too young to make suitable wood; the young wood had an irregular grain and it bent, cracked, and shrank when dried. It is true that eucalyptus trees from Australia could make good timber, but those trees were decades or sometimes centuries old. It was soon found that eucalyptus trees would need to be at least 75 or 100 years old for good lumber. The young wood didn’t even make useable fence posts or railroad track ties, both of which decayed rapidly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPCV_Woodworker Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 You have nothing to lose but time. I'd have it all sawn, and if it turn out not to be great, use it for mock-ups (or anything else you'd use lower quality wood for) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene M.T. Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 I have stayed away from it because of it's reputation for being very unstable. It gows very fast and is commonly grown as wind breaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amess612 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 don't know if this is ture or not but have been told that is got a high silica content and can be real hard on blades best air dried for three or four years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 I have never used it but having a fair knowledge of botany I looked over the US Forrest service report on it . They think it makes good firewood. Hobbit House has plenty of pictures and some info. http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/blue%20gum.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Does anyone have experience working with Blue Gum Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus Globulus)? - Does it go by other common names? you should get my free wood name database. Here''s Eucalyptus Globulus alcanfor (mexico) australische koortsboom (australia, south america) bac ha (vietnam) balluk (australia) bla eukalyptus (south america) blaue eukalyptus (germany) blauer gummibaum (germany) blaugummibaum (germany) bloekom (africa) blue gum, tasmanian bluegum bluegum, tasmanian buis batard (australia) eucalipto eucalipto azul (south america, spain) eucalipto blanco (ecuador) eucalipto gigante (mexico) eucalipto globulo (portugal) eucalitto blu (italy, south america) eucalitto globuloso (italy, south america) eucalyptus (india) eucalyptus bleu (france, south america) eucalyptus, blue-gum (hawaiian islands) eucalyptus, brun a clair (hawaiian islands) eucalyptus, tasmania blue (hawaiian islands) eucalyptus, tasmanian blue eurabbie eurabbie, victorian evkalipt sharvidnyj (ussr) febertrad (australia, south america) fieberbaum (germany) globulus gommeiro azul (brazil) gommier bleu (france) gommier bleu de tasmanie (australia) gum, blue (australia, india, south africa, south america) gum, blue spotted (australia) gum, gippsland blue (australia) gum, maiden (australia, madagascar, brazil) gum, maiden's gum, southern blue (south america, australia) gum, spotted (south africa) gum, spotted blue (australia) gum, tasmanian (australia) gum, tasmanian blue (australia, south africa, south america) gum, victorian blue haritaparna (india) karupuramaram (india) nilagiri mara (india) nilaniryasa (india) ocalo (mexico) sugandhapatra (india) tailaparna (india) tailaparnah (india) victorian eurabbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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