Thread: Spotted Gum

HH,
I think Bruce (E.Maculata) might disagree with you there. It's a widely used timber for construction, flooring and tool handles. Hard durable and dense. Looks pretty good too, go for it I say.

Mick

I like spotted gum. You can find it with nice figured grain which looks really good. You can use it for furniture in addition to the things that Mick has already pointed out.

I quite enjoy using it, and have steam bent it too. Some recent push by Qld. Forestry to use it more in fine furniture, looks good with other timbers. Try to get hold of it if you can.

Cheers,

Thanks guys I think I'll start to mention how precarious some of the branches look , the tree has a diameter of about 1.5m to 2m at the bottom and it would be at least 20m tall. How much do you reckon it would cost to hire a tree feller and a mill for a day?

HH.

My whole floor is solid spotty and it looks sensational. I've used off cut floor boards for small boxes, table tops and a bench top. Just watch your blades when jointing or thicknessing, it's about as hard a timber as you can get. just take small cuts, not too deep.

great boat building wood too

G'day.
Whoever told you that Spotted Gum is no good, needs to see a head doctor.

It is probably the most used Australian hardwood.

Everything from bridge building to fine veneer inlay. Spotted takes the cake.
Easy to machine.
Easy on cutting tools.
Reasonably uniform colour.
Lasts forever.
Readily available.
And in your case...FREEEEEEEEE.

Gotta be happy with that...

I agree. Here is a workbench dad and I made. All Spotted Gum. Weighs a ton but all comes apart. It is pretty hard especially when pairing the tenons.
Go for it!

Originally Posted by Billyboydes

I agree. Here is a workbench dad and I made. All Spotted Gum. Weighs a ton but all comes apart. It is pretty hard especially when pairing the tenons.
Go for it!

That's not a work bench !

Looks more like a beautiful dining table ! Super work but there's no way I'd cut anything on that.

I agree with Gumby!!

Not only does it look like a dining table but it looks like its in a showroom!!

Nice work - beautifully finished, well done Billydoydes

Thornburn

Nice looking bench, looks like Major Panic might have a rival in the "clean freak" stakes.

Mick

Originally Posted by journeyman Mick

Nice looking bench, looks like Major Panic might have a rival in the "clean freak" stakes.

Mick

Spot on Mick

This Spotted gum was supplied dressed and ready to be made into boxes and came up beautifully:

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=41694


It even looked better than the River Red Gum
CP

Spotted gum would have to be one of the treasuers of the australian timbers.

there are a couple of people on this board who would class spotty as one of their favorite 5 top timbers.

It is above all a very usefull and versatile timber, depending on which specific spicies and the growing conditions the colour and figure can vary.
I've seen pale creamy, brownish and even some with a greenish tinge.
If its treated right it is a durable and dependable timber.... possibly not the fancyest but not uggly either.

exador broke up a log a while ago that was creamy & consistent in colour with great fiddle all thru.

from what I've been told and my experience confirms the go is to mill it about when the bark starts to fall off.... aparantly that is the best time, it will stay straight but it hasn't hardend up so much that it takes the teeth off your chain.

that certainly sounds like a worthwhile log.

cheers