William Balaska
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Is Gum a hard or softwood?
My love/hate/obsession over poisonous snakes has nothing to do with media sensationalism. My whole life I've been as much drawn to them as repelled by them.
Man, planting Easter eggs for the kids to go poking around in tiger snake territory. At least most of our poisonous snakes have rattles on their tales so we get warning most of the time.
One of the reasons I love living in the boreal forest is . . .
THERE
ARE
NO
POISONOUS
SNAKES!
Is Gum a hard or softwood?
Gum is hardwood.
The worst thing about it is that the termites bring up dirt & gravel into the center of it & it plays havoc with your chain & bar. I have had sparks come off my bar when the little pests bring up small grains of granite into the wood I am cutting.
Pockets of gum resin are also a problem because the heat in the saw blade will set the resin & it will jamb up your saw pretty quick.
Gum is a hardwood? Didnt know that. Pretty soft here.
Problem is that everyone thinks all gum trees are the same. The Eucalyptus species run into hundreds of varieties some not so hard & others tough as nails!
Good to know. Gum aroung here is soft enough to cut with a pocket knife, even when dry.
This attached table lists a few of the species of Eucalypt & their suitability for use as firewood. Note that for comparison pine is listed at the bottom. There are many more species than this of course.
This attached table lists a few of the species of Eucalypt & their suitability for use as firewood. Note that for comparison pine is listed at the bottom. There are many more species than this of course.
The Eucalyptus globulus or Blue Gum seems to be the most common species of eucalyptus in California. The following describes the love-hate relationship between California and its eucalyptus trees.
THE EUCALYPTUS OF CALIFORNIA; SEEDS OF GOOD OR SEEDS OF EVIL? by Robert L. Santos. California State University, Stanislaus.
http://wwwlibrary.csustan.edu/bsantos/euctoc.htm
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