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   eddiefromAustralia | Jan 22, 2005 01:23pm | #1

   Michael,

   I haven't worked Lyptus, but I have spent a bit of time on rose gum (the main contributor to the hybrid.)

   You may need to mark rebates etc with a cutting gauge before cutting (avoids the splintering where you don't want it), especially if you're using a router.

   Don may have more to say.

   Cheers,

   eddie

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   Michmesquite | Jan 22, 2005 09:20pm | #3

   eddie

   I did a round table for my wife last summer with a routed top and bottom edge. After a couple of big chips I finally climb-cut the routed edges. Climb-cutting left a very ncie edge._________________________________

   Michael in San Jose

   "In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted." Bertrand Russell 

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   forestgirl | Jan 22, 2005 08:20pm | #2

   Michael, one of our local hardwood dealers carries lyptus, and I've been interested in awhile in using it for a project, but this stuff about it being "a bit hard on tooling" puts me off a bit (pun not intended). 

   How "hard on tooling" is it?  Are we talking router bits and planer blades here?  Table saw blades?  Until I get some paying projects, I can't afford to have these wear out very fast!

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
   Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   Michmesquite | Jan 22, 2005 09:23pm | #4

   fg

   Non-carbide tooling takes a beating. I went through three Timberwolve blades resawing maybe 400 lf. Put a 1" Lenox carbide blade and it wants to cut all day.

   HSS and steel blades and cutters will wear faster using this material. But in the end it is soooo nice._________________________________

   Michael in San Jose

   "In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted." Bertrand Russell 

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   dondownunder | Jan 23, 2005 08:14am | #5

   FG

   Everything is relative, whilst I may say that many of the eucs arn't hard on gear it's because I've got used to them & tend to sharpen when it's needed rather than get that little bit extra out of a blade. (=false economy as a bit more may need to be ground off to compensate). It is easy for me as saw doc turns up every 2nd Friday, & if I'm not in the workshop will check the blades & bits & do what he thinks need it. I also trust him not to rip me off & so far (3 yrs) we've had a good relationship.

   Having said that I have not yet thrown away a router bit because of wear*, & only 2 sets of thicknesser blades. A couple of saw blades are now 'emergency use only', having probably had their last grind.

   My advice is try it, I think melamine & laminate is way tougher on blades than most timber.

   When the referrences site 'moderate dulling effect on tooling' it puts it in the same catagory as your oaks & even Douglas fir.

   Don

   *I tend to buy new ones before they get too badly worn - just a junky I guess. 

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   forestgirl | Jan 23, 2005 08:53am | #6

   Thanks for the perspective Don.  The comparison to our oak lumber helps me understand better!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)