[Alberg30] Lizzard

[Alan P. Kefauver]

Teak as recently reported $16-$21 (When I called exotic in Annapolis they hedged on the price for 8/4 thickness)
African Mahogany$4.45-5.80
Philippine Mahogany $4.80 up
Honduran Mahogany $8.00 and up
Cheers,
Andante#152

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On 2/25/2001 at 10:24 PM Hugh Freebairn wrote:

>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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