GL: FW: Cutlass Bearings

[fred]

That wood was "lignum vitae" .. I have a sample of it in my office.

My
father used to sell it to the US Navy for cutlass bearings on nuclear
submarines ... it provided silent running, impervious to salt water, and
slightly self-lubricating.

Fred

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From: D C *Mac* Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 10,
2008 2:37 PM
To: Great Loop List <great-loop at lists.samurai.com>
Subject: GL:
FW:  Cutleass Bearings 

Awhile back, there was a discussion about this
with some references posted.

There was originally an extremely hard variety
of wook (forgot the name) that started being
used as a bearing for rotating
shafts being
used in mines. With the grit/dust in the mines
and the water to
be pumped, the bearings
wore out very quickly. Some inventor came
up with
the idea of using this particular wood
for the shaft bearings and named them
"cutless"
because they stood up to the harsh conditions
and didn't get "cut
up" anywhere nearly as
frequently.

The "cutlass" bit came about because
the
inventor/builder/marketer used a cutlass
as his trademark for his
"cutless" bearings.

This may have been in "Passagemaker"
magazine.

** D
C "Mac" Macdonald **
* m/v Another Adventure *
** '95 Carver 355 ACMY **
*
Grand Lake - Oklahoma *
** AGLCA (#217) & USPS **
** Captain, USAF (Ret) **
---- Original Message ----

> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:22:58 -0800
> From:
slwelsh+trawlers at gmail.com
> To: great-loop at lists.samurai.com
> Subject: Re:
GL: Cutleass Bearings
>
> Umm, no, it's "cutless", with an E. Unless you are
a pirate.
>
> Many, many people, including reputable shops, make this error,
however,
> so you might do searches on both, if search results are the issue.
>
> FWIW, the bearings are so named because they "cut less" into the shaft
>
than other types. A "cutlass" is a short, curved sword similar to a
> machete
and often associated with sailors as it was a good
> close-quarters weapon.
>
> -Sean
> http://OurOdyssey.BlogSpot.com
>
>
> fred wrote:
>> For
those of you searching on the web, correct spelling is essential, it's
>>
actually "cutlass" with an A.
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