[Alberg30] Lizzard

Mon Feb 26 08:28:40 PST 2001

$16/bdft is still pretty good for S2S milled teak.
Thanks
Alan
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On 2/26/2001 at 9:59 AM Mike Lehman wrote:

>Alan,
>
>The name of the place is Exotic Lumber (410) 267-0887 about a block from
>West Street in Annapolis behind the gym. I just called him and I have a bit
>of a correction to make - he has rough milled, in almost any size you want
>at $13/bd. ft and finished milled pieces at $16/bd. ft.. He has what he
>calls the "boater's corner" with a huge variety of sizes. He also sells
>about 100 different kinds of some VERY exotic lumber from all over the
>world. I must have gotten a special deal on the piece I bought.
>
>Mike Lehman
>840 Mill Creek Road
>Arnold, MD 21012
>(410) 544-9067 (Home)
>(443) 253-7054 (Mobile)
>
>sail_505 at hotmail.com
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Alan P. Kefauver" <apk2 at home.com>
>To: <public-list at alberg30.org>; <public-list at alberg30.org>
>Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 8:06 AM
>Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Lizzard
>
>
>> Are you sure? Teak everywhere I have looked is between $19-$21 a board
>foot (locally and Internet). Do they have varying widths and thickness? At
>$9.50/bdft, I'll be driving to Annapolis today. Do you have their phone
>number? Information for Annapolis has no listing.
>> Thanks
>> Alan
>> Andante #152
>>
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>> On 2/26/2001 at 7:25 AM Mike Lehman wrote:
>>
>> >I found a deal on teak at a place in Annapolis called Exotic Woods - it
>> >was
>> >only $9.50 a board foot.
>> >
>> >Mike Lehman
>> >840 Mill Creek Road
>> >Arnold, MD 21012
>> >(410) 544-9067 (Home)
>> >(443) 253-7054 (Mobile)
>> >
>> >sail_505 at hotmail.com
>> >
>> >----- 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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