Sweetgum is unique among American hardwoods. It weighs about 37lb per cubic foot. Discard the bark. Do not cut the wood beneath the bark. This is why they make good lathe boards (that shingles or tin are nailed to) since they won't easily let go of a nail, and wonât split if nailed close to its edge. American sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), also known as American storax, hazel pine, bilsted, redgum, satin-walnut, star-leaved I had the arborist save a 8+ long section on the bottom. I plan to build another shed to hold Custom Cut Lumber until the customer can pick it up. Propagation of Sweet Gum: The interwoven grain of sweet gum or elm makes âem just about impossible to split. The tree was in decline, so we bit the bullet and had it cut down. Make sure the slice is no more than a couple inches long and an inch or so wide. The wood is also easily painted. maple but without the white wood. Hello Iâm trying to decide on wood for endgrain wood flooring and sweet gum is plentiful on my property and I personally think it is beautiful wood. I sawed a few 1 x 10 x 8 inch Sweet Gum boards today. The sawyer brought his protable WoodMizer to the house and cut in on the spot. The wood is fine-grained, moderately hard and fairly strong; the heart wood is known as red gum and hazelwood, is variously coloured red and brown, the sapwood is paler. Step 2: Return to the tree after three to five days. Red gum can appear to look like cherry but without the luster. Sweet gum wood is not good fire wood. I just had a sweet gum log cut up into lumber from a tree in my yard. Old-growth red gum was prized and used ⦠The sapwood takes dark stain well. Wood - heavy, fairly hard, fine-grained, not strong, light, tough, resilient. In England it is known as hazel pine. Touch the sap with the tip of the knife. You cannot split sweetgum with the usual maul or wedge and hammer. From incisions made in the tree a gum exudes which is resinous (storax) and adhesive, and somewhat like white turpentine in appearance, which finally hardens. Closely look at the area of the sweet gum where you removed the bark. It is also used for furniture, flooring, fruit dishes, veneer etc. The heartwood is also known as hazelwood in the trade, and the sapwood is sap-gum. It will burn when it is dry but it does not burn hot like oak or poplar for example. I'll use these Sweet Gum ⦠Interestingly, sweetgum in one form or another has been used for a large variety of applications. It's 40 years old, so it may be outdated. The wood takes a high polish and can be stained then used as a cherry, mahogany or walnut substitute. Here's what my wood tech book has to say about sweet gum. There was only one hiccup in the operation. For that reason, only the limbs small enough to cut to length for use in your fireplace are worthwhile. My plan is to have 6âx 6âx 3/4â tiles for the entire house. 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