Red sweet gum

[Mad Max]

Is red sweet gum good for a riser

[Mad Max]

Average Dried Weight: 34 lbs/ft3 (545 kg/m3)

Specific Gravity (Basic, 12% MC): .46, .55

Janka Hardness: 850 lbf (3,780 N)

Modulus of Rupture: 12,500 lbf/in2 (86.2 MPa)

Elastic Modulus: 1,640,000 lbf/in2 (11.31 GPa)

Crushing Strength: 6,320 lbf/in2 (43.6 MPa)

[kennym]

NO IDEA, NEVER TRIED IT...

[Flem]

Thats pretty soft and lite wood, according to those numbers. But from looking at the specs, it might be a decent lam wood.

[Mad Max]

Thats pretty soft and lite wood, according to those numbers. But from looking at the specs, it might be a decent lam wood.

They make pretty veneers

[Pat B]

Never heard of it. Do you know the botanical name?

[Mad Max]

Sweet Gum Tree, you should have them there.
I think the red is from a old tree and the name people use trying to sell boards

https://www.google.com/search?q=sweet+gum+tree&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS770US770&oq=sweet+gum&aqs=chrome.0.0i355i433i512j46i433i512j69i57j0i512l2j69i61l2j69i60.8155j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[Flem]

I was just reading about Sweetgum on WoodData base. Apparently the sap and heartwood go by different names. Redgum is the heartwood. It says it has fine texture and interlocked grain. Its really lite for a hardwood.
Sounds like some snappy limb material to me

[Jeff Freeman]

I used love Big Red when I was a kid 😂. JF

[Mad Max]

I don't think you can drive a nail into sweet gum

[Pat B]

Yeah, I'm familiar with sweet gum. I just didn't get the red reference.
A friend on mine in SC works for a company that makes the lams for plywood. Sweet gum is one of the trees they use. It's actually a pest tree on southern pine plantations.

[Mad Max]

It's a pest tree over here too.
It's coming up all in my pine trees

[Flem]

I like how native trees (among other species) get labeled invasive when someone is trying to create a monocultural environment.