[Alberg30] Lizzard

[Hugh Freebairn]

Peter,

Thanks for the info.  Boy it sure seems weird that Mahogany is only $7.50 
CDN /bd-ft in Canada and anywhere from $9.50 to $21.00 in the US.  When I 
return to the US in a year or so I'm thinking of bringing back a container 
of wood also.

Hugh


>From: "Peter Hay" <phay at attcanada.ca>
>Reply-To: public-list at alberg30.org
>To: <public-list at alberg30.org>
>Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Lizzard
>Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 20:49:52 -0500
>
>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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