[Woodcarver] black gum

[denny at cedarstump.us]

I have heard that they only use the bottom few feet of the trunk for carving because it gets pretty tough further up.  Can't say for sure because we don't have many of them in Wisconsin.

Denny


On Feb 12, 2011, at 6:16 PM, wowjack wrote:

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Kathy,
The wood is soft and has been used by bowl carvers in the South for many years.
The grain seems to run in all directions at once making it very difficult tp split. Not sure how well it will hold details but I know it does tend to leave some "fuzz" and be pithy in spots.
Jack

--- On Sat, 2/12/11, Kathy Sylvest <kathy.sylvest at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Kathy Sylvest <kathy.sylvest at gmail.com>
Subject: [Woodcarver] black gum
To: woodcarver at carverscompanion.com
Date: Saturday, February 12, 2011, 5:57 PM

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Is anyone familiar with black gum as a carving wood? My dad cut one up and saved several chunks of the tree for me to try as a carving medium. I carved away a small section of bark and found a very light, almost white, wood underneath. It seemed to carve like butter, but, as I said, it was not very deep. Dad says it is that way all the way through with not even rings showing. It seems like it has almost no grain.

Does anybody know anymore about it? Anything will be a help before devoting much time to trying it.


-- 
Kathy L. Sylvest



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