Salmon Gum

**BMKal** · 18th November 2022, 08:59 PM

Have been playing with some pieces of salmon gum I had out in the wood pile. This is the most common firewood burned in Kalgoorlie and surrounds - heavy and dense and burns to a fine white ash - but there is some beautiful grain hiding in it if you select the right parts of the tree.

This piece ended up 8.5 inches in diameter by 1.5 inches high. After turning the piece to a round blank, it was cast in blue/silver epoxy resin at 60psi overnight to get it into the cracks and hollows in the timber before turning to shape. Finish is Ubeaut EEE Ultra Shine, followed by a couple of applications of home made "OB Shine Juice" with a final application of "Aussie Oil".

IMG_3076Signed.jpg IMG_3069Signed.jpg IMG_3070Signed.jpg IMG_3072Signed.jpg IMG_3073Signed.jpg IMG_3074Signed.jpg

**brainstrust** · 18th November 2022, 09:02 PM

wow fantastic wood. Maybe a bit glossy for me but that might just be the images.

**hughie** · 19th November 2022, 06:53 AM

This is an amazing iece, just love the colour and grain structure. Man it would look great on a spiral piece

**BMKal** · 19th November 2022, 01:09 PM

Thanks Hughie. One of the great things about living in Kalgoorlie is the availability of some great native timber. Salmon gum is very prolific around here and is my favourite to work with - goldfields black butt is also very nice (and very hard on the tools). My other favourite is the local variety of gidgee (acacia pruinocarpa). I've still got a bit of this left from a tree I dropped at my son's house a couple of years back - and am about to drop and cut up a tree in the neighbour's yard over the back lane as he wants it cleared for a shed. My salmon gum supply comes from firewood gathering - we burn tonnes of the stuff every year, and I'm always on the lookout for interesting pieces such as old forks in the tree.

**The Spin Doctor** · 19th November 2022, 06:06 PM

Don't ya just love pulling something out of a burn pile and it turns (literally) into a work of art. I have a few gems from over the years that turned out that way. Feel good pieces.

**Tonyz** · 19th November 2022, 08:04 PM

would have been nice to see a 'before' pic

but then maybe not, it would make us rank amateurs want to curl up and give our stuff away.

**orraloon** · 19th November 2022, 08:42 PM

Beautiful bit of wood and nicely done. Firewood piles are a great standby for the turner. I got rid of the combustion stove some years ago but miss the firewood pile to rummage in. Also feel a bit sad about some of the fine bits of wood went up the flue as smoke.
Regards
John

**rod1949** · 19th November 2022, 09:51 PM

Hi BMkal, What might you call this lime green trunked tree. This particular tree is growing on the westside of Lake Baladjie north of Bullfinch.

**BMKal** · 19th November 2022, 11:59 PM

Originally Posted by rod1949

Hi BMkal, What might you call this lime green trunked tree. This particular tree is growing on the westside of Lake Baladjie north of Bullfinch.

I'm pretty sure it's a salmon gum. They shed their bark virtually every year, and are often very green and shiny when the salmon pink layer of bark comes off. There's a large one on the footpath in front of our house - its trunk is currently bright green as it has only recently shed its bark.

**BMKal** · 21st November 2022, 12:16 AM

Finished a couple more today. Salmon gum again - same procedures as previous one.

IMG_3084-BM.jpg IMG_3085-BM.jpg IMG_3086-BM.jpg

Thread: Salmon Gum

Thread Tools

Search Thread

Salmon Gum

wow

Similar Threads

WA Salmon Gum

Salmon Gum

Salmon Gum Burls ??

Salmon Gum - No Slimelime Gum

Salmon Gum

Posting Permissions