A recent post got me thinking.
Would(wood) it be possible to build a landyacht out of nothing but wood or natural fibre products?
Everything out of wood or natural fibre:- axles, wheels, sails(sheet ply?), we already make seats out of wood, mast, boom, pulleys, blocks.
Just a thought eh

ironbark bearings and stubs,wandoo wheels

Been Done......... some wooden yachts can be works of art

Nikrum said...

Sorry Giz', but I don't think that is quite right. Read TP1's post again. All wood Steering Axles the lot. "nothing but wood" Hell of a challenge but plausable.
Ron

and natural fibre

By Crikey Giz'
You are coping it lately, best had duck your head and stay down for awhile[}:)]. Sorry! The Devil made me do it..
Ron

Bloody Smart Ass you are Grynch,

Bloke over in NSW makes them from wood but uses Brass Bush's and Steel Shafts. The rest is wood and look wonderful but to own one you either need to win the lottery or have a few grand to chuck about.

Love it TP1.
That would be a CIG (Commonwealth Industrial Gases) product to supliment their Satin craft line of electrodes. Ha ha

By the way they are first class rods (satin craft) but attract moisture easily.
To pass xray, this is what should be used on galvanized pipe. Even when the galv is removed there is still some contamination within the weld with the zinc fumes creating hydrogen gas. The flux on these rods minimizes this.

End of lesson................

By the way isn't that photo of "Spectum" a ripper? What a work of art.