[Alberg30] Lizzard

[Hugh Freebairn]

We have ironwood also here in Palau where I am presently working and it is 
common throughout the Pacific Islands.  We also have mahogany, mangrove and 
a cousin to teak known here locally as beokel.  My price to buy any of this 
wood is $2.50 per board foot.  What are teak and mahogany going for now days 
in the US?

Hugh
#442 "Aliage"


>From: Tom Sutherland <sutherlandt at prodigy.net>
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>To: public-list at alberg30.org
>Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Lizzard
>Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 10:43:58 -0500
>
>In light of the recent thread I am sharing what my "Encyclopedia Of Wood" 
>has to say
>about "Lignum Vitae":
>
>Botanical Name: Guaiacum officinale Lignum vitae or "wood of life" received 
>its name for
>the supposedly curative qualities of its resin. This species, which is 
>extremely
>slow-growing, produces one of the world's heaviest commercial timbers, and 
>is virtually
>self-lubricating due to it's high resin content. This makes it ideal for 
>it's principle
>use, as bearings and bushings blocks for ship propellor shafts for which 
>there is
>presently no effective synthetic substitute.
>
>Other Names: Ironwood (U.S.A.); guayacan negro, palo santo (Cuba); bois de 
>gaiac
>(France).
>
>Sources: Tropical America and West Indies.
>
>Characteristics: Heavey,  dense wood; interlocked, irregular grain; 
>greenish-brown to
>black.
>
>Uses: Marine bearings, mallet heads, pulleys and turnings.
>
>Workability:  Difficult; dulls cutters moderatly; not suitable for gluing 
>unless treated
>first.
>
>Finishing:  Accepts finishes well  Weight:  77 lb./cu. ft.
>
>Price;  Very expensive.
>
>Tom S
>A30 412
>
>
>
>
>
>John Shell wrote:
>
> > Actually, it's a single purchase downhaul.  Tie it off to the clew, to 
>the
> > lizzard (mine is halfway up the headstay) to the tack, to the cockpit.  
>You
> > could go to the head of the sail if you want (I probably will, but I'm a
> > creature of habit).  The idea being to pull the clew in and "break" the
> > sail.
> >
> > Lignum vitea is a very hard and heavy wood.  I know it as being used for
> > cleats, blocks, belaying pins, mallets, but the shaft log is a new one,
> > thanks.  Interestingly, it doesn't float (learned the hard way)
> >
> > New vocabulary word:  Fife rails.
> >
> > John
> >
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