wood bearings

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Posted by Lonnie Jordan on Tuesday, January 08, 2002 at 2:42PM :

In Reply to: Re: They used bodark to pave roads in Texas posted by chewie on Tuesday, January 08, 2002 at 10:03AM :

At least up through the 1960's ships used wooden bearings for the propeller shaft. These included the large container ships. The wood was called lignum viate (sp)or "ironwood". Grown in Africa, it was really tough stuff.
Lonnie

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Other applications of wood bearings - Chris Lube Lublin 3:15AM 01/09/2002

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Re: wood bearings - Lonnie Jordan 4:42PM 01/08/2002

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