[Steam-engine] wood bearings

[JEFF LUND]

--- Blake <blake at cletrac.org> wrote:

> 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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