Red gum will honeycomb if dried too quickly. Gluing and machining. Sweetgum glues fairly easily, but because of the interlocked grain, any change in MC will likely affect surface flatness, thereby ...

The red gum is the wildest of the exotics, with bold, organic stripes. A bank of office cabinets made from the red gum stands out from all the other wooden doors in the Showplace Kitchens showroom.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The State Government investigation into the Murray River red gums should take into account socio-economic impacts, particularly the ...

So sweet gum became known as “poor man’s walnut.” When stained, the figured wood made a superb walnut imitation in economically-priced furniture and radio cabinets.

Victoria's peak furniture body has urged the State Government not to destroy the red-gum timber industry by creating a big national park along the Murray River.

Communities adjoining the vast red gum forests of southern New South Wales are more than cynical about politics, they are downright angry. Within a fortnight, as many as 500 jobs will be lost from ...

Red Gum Revolt. Reporter: Tim Lee First Published: 16/09/2007. PIP COURTNEY, PRESENTER: A battle is raging over the future of Victoria's red gum forests. Green groups claim these world-renowned ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. THIS week, Premier John Brumby announced that his Government had "taken action to protect the Murray and the ancient red gum forests ...

Each piece of furniture has been made from red gum in a stage preliminary to fossilisation. The wood is black and almost as hard as stone. It is known as ancient red gum.