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Tracy Tame Junior Member Offline HELP! I'm being Sucked into the Vortex Posts: 37 Shoreline, WA Washington USA Gender:	Sweet Gum Sep 19^th, 2015 at 9:10pm I have a source of some sweet gum rounds that are about 24". The wood looks like pretty plain, white wood. How is it for turning?
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Elisabeth Ross WR Noob Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 2 Atlanta Georgia USA Gender:	Re: Sweet Gum Reply #1 - Sep 19^th, 2015 at 10:27pm Yours is white?? Ours here in GA usually has a lot of color, really pretty browns & such. I haven't turned it personally but it's a pain to dry - when we cut blanks they tend to crack pretty quickly. Best of luck w/ it!
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Mike Turner WR Addict Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 784 Laurinburg North Carolina USA Gender:	Re: Sweet Gum Reply #2 - Sep 20^th, 2015 at 6:54am Ours here in NC has a lot of color too.I have some bowls drying in shop ..Last time I looked they were still ok.
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robo_hippy WR Addict Offline Posts: 3,638 Eugene, OR USA	Re: Sweet Gum Reply #3 - Sep 20^th, 2015 at 11:32am Soft. If it is just plain white, take it out into the yard, stand on end, and cover for about a month. It spaults easily, and the black lines in the white wood look pretty nice. Most of ours out here is pretty plain. robo hippy
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Breck Whitworth WR Addict Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 2,227 Gulfport Mississippi USA Gender: PM 3520-B	Re: Sweet Gum Reply #4 - Sep 20^th, 2015 at 4:54pm It is my best selling wood for large salad bowls, like robo said it spalts easily but you need to rough turn before it gets punky. Even when it is plain it darkens to a beautiful tan and sands so easily. I love turning it.
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Joe Penn Active Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 206 Hull Georgia USA Gender: PM 2014	Re: Sweet Gum Reply #5 - Sep 20^th, 2015 at 5:40pm I saw what Elisabeth has and it's full of color. Dark browns and tans.
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bobby stout WR Noob Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 2 bloomburg Texas USA Gender:	Re: Sweet Gum Reply #6 - Sep 21^st, 2015 at 8:49am I have some that I turned it has brown with red very pretty wood and it is plentiful here in east texas.
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Walt Nollan WR Addict Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 2,002 Hanford California USA Gender: PM 3520A	Re: Sweet Gum Reply #7 - Sep 21^st, 2015 at 12:42pm I love Sweat Gum. It has a range of wood colors though. White usually down towards the bottom and changes to various shades of yellow further up. Enjoy it!
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John Cepko Senior Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 491 Pasadena Maryland USA	Re: Sweet Gum Reply #8 - Sep 23^rd, 2015 at 2:53pm Might as well turn it. It is junk for everything else. I have turned it some, and turns and finishes easily.
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Ted Moore Full Member Offline I Like This Place. Posts: 84 Upstate South Carolina South Carolina USA Gender:	Re: Sweet Gum Reply #9 - Oct 2^nd, 2015 at 5:13pm I turn a fair amount of sweet gum. Turns and sands easily, but tears out easily like most softwoods of tools are not crazy sharp. Slow drying will help with cracking.
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