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   CRAIGCONEY_M | May 30, 2004 07:16am | #1

   Wayerhauser markets it.  Check out lyptus.com.  It is very dense and brittle, finishes well.   I have done a hutch and library for a client that turned out gorgeous.

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   forestgirl | May 30, 2004 07:12pm | #2

   It's a hybrid which Weyerhauser owns the rights to for distribution in the US.  Search for Lyptus in advanced search -- there have been at least 2 threads on it here at Knots.  You can Google on it, go to Weyerhauser and see what they say, but the threads here at Knots will give you a more realistic picture of what the wood is like.

   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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   Jimmbo | Jun 01, 2004 06:04am | #6

   Thanks for the info everybody.  Knew I could get some useful information here.  I'll check out those past threads here on Lyptus.  

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   Michmesquite | May 31, 2004 10:49pm | #3

   I have used it extensively.

   It looks and finishes beautifully, like good Mahogany.

   There is no flat grain, but it will check if left to the elements. Work and seal it as soon as possible.

   It is probably a little harder than mild steel to mill ;>) Plan on using your best carbide tooling and buying the tooling often.

   Wear gloves when handling rough stock, the splinters are really bad.

   Plan on having someone help you get the stock off the truck, it is VERY heavy lumber.

   I have been buying it in the S.F. Bay Area for about $3.55/BF (8/4 firsts, < 100/BF).

   Try it, you'll like it.

   _________________________________

   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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   eddiefromaustralia | May 31, 2004 11:30pm | #4

   Hi Michael,

   I suppose that if I tell you the main hybrid is one of our lesser cabinet woods (flooded gum) and that it's middle of the road to work, you'd believe me.

   Yes, there are harder species, eg:  red gum, jarrah.

   Average dried density of a eucalypt works out about 0.60 -0.70 SG.  Some travel at 1.1

   Cheers,

   eddieedit:  To avoid the breakout, you may need to run a marking knife on crossgrain cuts and delineate rebates with a cutting gauge - stops the splintering into the job.  Pretty standard on any of our brittle eucalypts, including our most common (Vic Ash/Alpine Ash/Messmate - three main species, look and work very similarly, sold as Tassie Oak) 

   Edited 5/31/2004 8:56 pm ET by eddie (aust)

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   Michmesquite | May 31, 2004 11:54pm | #5

   If Lyptus is "middle of the road", then you have some very nice and TOUGH wood down there._________________________________

   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