[Alberg30] Lizzard

[Peter Hay]

Hi Hugh:  You were asking about hardwood prices.  I am from southern Ontario
in Canada (we sail on Lake Huron).  I inquired only last week at a local
hardwood dealer.  He says he can't get Philliphine Mahogany anymore but had
Honduras Mahonany for $7.50 BdFt Canadian.
Most of his other woods such as cherry and walnut are priced similarly.  Oak
is a little cheaper.  $7.50 Cdn is $5.00 US at current exchange rates.  He
had teak as well but I don't recall the price.
Peter Hay
London, Ontario, Canada
Rubicon 384
phay at netcom.ca

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hugh Freebairn" <hughfree at hotmail.com>
To: <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 10:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Lizzard


> 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>
> >Reply-To: public-list at alberg30.org
> >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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