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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

People 'whittle' sweetgum wood. ....bobford

--- On Mon, 10/13/08, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Woodlot management
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 9:28 AM
> Robert Walton wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Does anyone know if sweet gum sells well as timber? I
> can't find much
> > online. I'm thinking that if there is a nice
> straight gum tree, I'd
> > probably be best to leave it for timber. It's not
> great firewood and
> > splitting it is really tough. The smaller ones, less
> than a foot
> > thick, make decent firewood and don't need split.
> 
> I don't think so, Rob.  It is so wet that it often
> checks if extreme 
> care is not taken.  If it can be dried without too much
> checking, it is 
> a good furniture wood, but you really need controlled
> conditions like a 
> wood kiln.
> 
> Bev
> 
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