[Steam-engine] wood bearings

[Jeff Smith]

Robert,

Did you get my photo I sent you?

Jeff Smith

--- Jeff Smith <steamenginesmitty at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Robert,
> 
> I looked at that sawmill one day so well that the
> guy
> started asking me questions because he could tell
> that
> I knew a little about sawmills.  That mill had a
> paper
> wheel that ran perpendicular to a steel wheel to
> power
> the carriage.  I don't remember the cut-off saw, but
> I
> found it interesting that a state owned boiler could
> have the engine removed and the studs ground off
> flush
> with the outside of the boiler and also a few welds
> over some of them.  I had a long discussion with the
> manager of the steam division and he told me how the
> state was starting to crack down on them and he had
> to
> have a new locomotive boiler built.  I love that
> place
> and think it is really neat.
> 
> Jeff Smith 
> 
> --- 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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