Same wood, lignum vitae, was used for blocks on sailing vessels like Bluenose built in Lunenburg NS. The A. Dauphinee and Sons Block Shop in Luneburg town produced a large assortment of blocks, dead eyes and other parts for years and even today Arthur Dauphinee is still producing parts in his shop on Second Pennisula. Lignum vitae is quite difficult to obtain nowadays, it is a very beautifu hard wood...i always wanted to have a pair of lignum vitae sheet blocks for Alianna just for show. Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, Alianna Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS d.ve...@bellaliant.net
On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 10:27 PM, Neil Gallagher via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Years ago lignum vitae used to be the standard material for ships' bearings. > It's a very dense (heavier than water), oily wood so it provides its own > lubrication. It hasn't been used on ships in the last 50+ yrs. They > stopped using lignum vitae because as ships got bigger and faster, the > shafts got larger and heavier, and the wood wasn't precise enough to keep > the shaft in position. > > Using it on our boats might work, but I could see it being difficult to > install. They used to use individual staves that were slid lengthwise into > grooves in the bronze or steel housing. Not sure how that would work in our > struts which are made so you can press in (or out, as some of us are dealing > with) the bronze outer sleeve. Are they proposing just a sleeve made of > wood? > > Neil Gallagher > Weatherly, 35-1 > Glen Cove, NY > > > > > > On 2/29/2016 6:27 PM, Brian Fry via CnC-List wrote: > > Came across this. Has me intrigued. > They will cut me one to my specs for $60 +shipping. > > Ever heard or seen one? > > http://www.lignum-vitae-bearings.com/gallery/ > > Brian > La Neige > 37/40 > HdG MD > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
