Hi Stephen & Eric I have designed a two seater tandem for a competition a while back. The material I designed for was Saligna. Excellent wood, very close to Spruce. However, hard to find spar grade material.
e'mail me and we can discuss where to find info and material Regards Len Steyn [email protected] > Hi Eric > > I am North of the Limpopo (and the Zambezi) and I have been looking into > the woods that are available in our region. > > I found reference to something called Saligna on one of the SA websites > - this was reportedly a very good substitute for Spruce /Oregon Pine > /Douglas Fir. I wrote to the owner of the web site but never received a > reply. > > I asked Dene Collett, but he was not aware of this. > > With the great variety of wood species in Africa, surely there must be > at least one good substitute. We have a wood in Zambia called Mukwa > (sp) that I understand is what is known as Kiaat in SA. It is > relatively inexpensive in uncured form. > > Ek het baie lekker gekry toe tannie Glynnis die manne bietjie vertel. > > Groete > > Steve J > Askies"AT" microlink.zm > > > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
