GL: Lignum Vitaqe

[LRZeitlin@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/5/06 12:00:38 AM, great-loop-request@lists.samurai.com
writes:


> Lignum Vitae is the hardest and most dense wood known at a weight of 77 to
> 82
> lbs per cubic foot.  It also rivals P.T.F.E.  for friction even in its dry
> state because of wood waxes expressed under pressure.
>
>

My wife, the artist, made a sculpture out of lignum vitae out of a salvaged
shaft bearing from a scrapped WW 2 freighter. Working the wood ruined most of
the sharp tools in my workshop. It really is cut less.

Larry Z