[Steam-engine] wood bearings

[Blake]

I have an old disc that has all wooden bearings. They are sugar 
maple with holes drilled in the center of each half for grease to 
get in. They hold up well for years and years. No babbit involved 
with these.

Blake



On Sat Oct 15 06:33:39 PDT 2005, HISTMACHRY at aol.com wrote:

> Do any of you know of machinery, lineshafts, countershafts, where 
> wood is used as the bearing? Or as a variation on a theme, where 
> babbitt is poured directly on the wood. I'm looking for info, 
> examples, photos of such bearing arragements primarily in the 
> metal and wood working fields, particularly on custom made 
> machines. As an example there is a cut off saw at the Agrirama's 
> sawmill in Tifton GA, the bearings on this swing saw look as if 
> the steel pulley shaft runs on wood. No one at the site could 
> tell me. Robert Yuill
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