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    Gmelina leichardi (spelling??) - Eastern White Beech - is a light straw to grayish white. I've turned a lot of it and it turns and carves really well. the stuff I worked with was a bit loose grained but definatley worth the effort.

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    Peter

    Oh, and is softer than tassie oak.

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    He He... exactly as I would have described it... why ppl would want to live near such a thing is beyond me !!

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    Kenny, not sure if you realise but you have replied to a thread that is 13 years old?
    Rgds,
    Crocy.

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