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Thread: Wood Id Red gum ?
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6th December 2010, 01:05 PM #1Member
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Wood Id Red gum ?
Hi all, really new to this scrounging around for wood business I was trying to find some purple heart for a bow riser Im making. We bowyers (cant even call myself one yet) need only slithers some times. 50mm wide x max5mm thick and length varies from nock ends which are only 30mm long to handle accents which are 400mm.If anyone has anything in Vic please let me know.
Anyway I found this whilst in a mechanical workshop. they use various bits/blocks to hammer things onto. I thought it was much too nice for that caper.
I have no idea what it is tho.
If I could do something to the wood to help ID let me know.
I lightly sanded the end section, hope that helps.
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6th December 2010, 02:44 PM #3Member
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Thanks maybe a tas myrtle then? other than that Im at a loss
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6th December 2010, 09:57 PM #4" making wood good"
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looks like a peice of mahogany to me?? is it dense? if so probably a h/wood eucalypt of some kind?? maybe brushbox?
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7th December 2010, 02:13 AM #5
Looks very similar to a piece I have in the workshop I purchased a few years ago It was sold to me as " Nyatoh "from Malyasia.
RippaThee who has not made a mistake, has not made anything ??
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12th December 2010, 05:59 PM #6Intermediate Member
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13th December 2010, 11:40 PM #7
I've worked a lot with big redgum recently, and don't mean to be contrary, but that endgrain is not at all unlike some redgum I've seen, and the facegrain stinks of it.
Redgum would've been my first guess.
Definately not an expert in any sense though and don't mean to be rude..
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17th December 2010, 10:44 PM #8
Looks very similar to some redgum we cut up not long back.
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18th December 2010, 08:03 AM #9SENIOR MEMBER
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it also looks like a 5x3 fence post which redgum was used extensively. and i've seen redgum with similar grain pattern just my 2 cents worth though
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18th December 2010, 09:12 AM #10
So what do you all call red gum in your part of the world?
Red Gum Angophora costata
Red Gum Eucalyptus bancroftii
Red Gum Eucalyptus calophylla
Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Red Gum Eucalyptus chloroclada
Red Gum Eucalyptus dealbata
Red Gum Eucalyptus tereticornis
It could even be blue gum but then what do you all call blue gum in your part of the world?
Blue Gum Eucalyptus bancroftii
Blue Gum Eucalyptus bicostata
Blue Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus
Blue Gum Eucalyptus leucoxylon
Blue Gum Eucalyptus saligna
Blue Gum Eucalyptus seeana
Blue Gum Eucalyptus tereticornisCliff.
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22nd December 2010, 09:17 AM #11
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22nd December 2010, 06:31 PM #12
Gum? Did you say Gum?
Adelaide River White Gum Eucalyptus bigalerita
Alpine Cider Gum Eucalyptus archeri
Alpine Yellow Gum Eucalyptus subcrenulata
Apple Gum Angophora costata
Apple Gum Eucalyptus bridgesiana
Apple Gum Eucalyptus clavigera
Araluen Gum Eucalyptus kartzoffiana
Badja Gum Eucalyptus badjensis
Baeuerlen's Gum Eucalyptus baeuerienii
Balladonia Gum Eucalyptus fraseri
Bancroft's Gum Eucalyptus bancroftii
Bancroft's Red Gum Eucalyptus bancroftii
Baradine Gum Eucalyptus chloroclada
Baradine Gum Eucalyptus dealbata
Barber's Gum Eucalyptus barberi
Bell Gum Eucalyptus doratoxylon
Big Badja Gum Eucalyptus badjensis
Black Gum Eucalyptus aggregata
Black Gum Eucalyptus ovata
Black Water Gum Syzygium crebrinerve
Black Watergum Eugenia crebrinervis
Blakely's Gum Eucalyptus blakelyi
Blakely's Red Gum Eucalyptus blakelyi
Blue Weeping Gum Eucalyptus sepulcralis
Bog Gum Eucalyptus cosmophylla
Bog Gum Eucalyptus kitsoniana
Bogong Gum Eucalyptus chapmaniana
Bogong Gum Eucalyptus miniata
Bolly Gum Litsea reticulata
Bolly Gum Neolitsea dealbata
Bookara Gum Eucalyptus erythrocorys
Brassiana Gum Eucalyptus brassiana
Brittle Gum Eucalyptus elliptica
Brittle Gum Eucalyptus mannifera
Brittle Gum Eucalyptus michaeliana
Brittle Range Gum Eucalyptus aspera
Broad-leaved Manna Gum Eucalyptus mannifera
Broad-leaved Ribbon Gum Eucalyptus dalrympleana
Brockway's Gum Eucalyptus brockwayi
Brooker's Gum Eucalyptus brookeriana
Brown Bolly Gum Litsea leefeana
Brown Bollygum Litsea glutinosa
Brown Bollygum Litsea reticulata
Brown Grey Gum Eucalyptus canaliculata
Brown Gum Eucalyptus deanei
Brown Gum Eucalyptus johnstonii
Burdett Gum Eucalyptus burdettiana
Buxton Gum Eucalyptus crenulata
Buxton Silver Gum Eucalyptus crenulata
Cabbage Gum Angophora costata
Cabbage Gum Eucalyptus amplifolia
Cabbage Gum Eucalyptus clavigera
Cabbage Gum Eucalyptus grandifolia
Cabbage Gum Eucalyptus papuana
Cabbage Gum Eucalyptus pauciflora
Camden White Gum Eucalyptus benthamii
Candle-bark Gum Eucalyptus rubida
Cape York Red Gum Eucalyptus brassiana
Capertee Brittle Gum Eucalyptus mannifera
Carbeen Gum Eucalyptus confertiflora
Cassowary Gum Acmena divaricata
Cassowary Gum Acmena graveolens
Cassowary Gum Acmena hemilampra
Cassowary Gum Eugenia hemilampra
Chinchilla White Gum Eucalyptus argophloia
Cider Gum Eucalyptus gunnii
Coast Gum Eucalyptus diversifolia
Coolgardie Gum Eucalyptus torquata
Coral Gum Eucalyptus torquata
Coral-flowered Gum Eucalyptus torquata
Cue York Gum Eucalyptus striaticalyx
Cup Gum Eucalyptus cosmophylla
And that is just the ones starting with A, B or C.
You should see how many grey, rose, silver & white gums there are.Cliff.
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30th December 2010, 02:45 AM #13New Member
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Hi there everyone, I think Red and Blue is under the same botanical name, right? eucalyptus tereticornics? something like that...
i got a blue gum pic here though
http://www.johnnietam.com/Logs/IMG_1314.JPGLast edited by johnnytam; 30th December 2010 at 02:55 AM. Reason: forgot to add link for pic...
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30th December 2010, 09:56 AM #14
You didn't read post 10 did you?
Cliff.
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30th December 2010, 10:25 AM #15Hewer of wood
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LOL.
It's ironic that our 'iconic' tree (Eu. camaldulensis) is named after a place in Italy near where it was first classified.Cheers, Ern
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