Lignum-vitea is a wood that has been traditionally used for bearings for
many centuries. It's a heavy (heaviest) naturally oily wood and is very
hard wearing. It's not easy to find these days and when I can find it, it
usually sells by weight.
Barry
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Even if this one is not really linked to the hurdy-gurdy: A friend of mine
owns a water mill from baroque times and the bearings of the water wheel
(he´s actually replacing it) are traditionally made from apple wood. Not
really what I would have used but exactly what he found and what he was
told from several experts and museums here. But I don´t think that it´s a
good idea to transfer this to the hg - the humidity is hopefully at least
a little different ;-).
Christopher
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Yew? I use it to make the bows for my rebecs and jouhikos and crwths
(and my English Longbows when I can find big enough and nice enough
pieces), but wouldn't it be too soft and easily distorted to make a
bearing?
Chris
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On 2/9/2008 at 1:26 AM Simon Wascher wrote:
Hello,
Am 08.02.2008 um 23:32 schrieb Chris Nogy:
I really don't know what other woods to try. Oak was popular, and
willow, and elm, for other projects. But for bearings? I don't
know what was used on windmills, grainmills, or water wheels.
Ash, alder were used for bearings besides oak and elm. Taxus might be
worth a try.
Some bits of info can be found in old encyclopedias like the Krünitz
(http://www.kruenitz1.uni-trier.de/ ; in german).
Might be good to find out (though I wouldn't be surprised it was
and oversized oak bearing packed with oil-soaked tow. Fine for
larger things, not so good for an instrument like ours.
Read about Oak lubricated with lard.
S.
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