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Re: Stuffing Boxes?
Posted by: Walter Schmidt ()
Date: January 24, 2008 02:54PM

As an aside: US boats used lignum vitae wood for the shaft seals; they were shaped like truncated cones. I believe lignum vitae was also called ironwood. When in drydock the seals had to have water run on them to keep them from drying out.

I wonder what modern boats use? Some sort of exotic synthetic, I would think.

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Stuffing Boxes? paul tjader 01/15/2008 07:38PM
Re: Stuffing Boxes? ROBERT M. 01/15/2008 08:49PM
Re: Stuffing Boxes? schalke 01/17/2008 07:00PM
Re: Stuffing Boxes? John from Ballard 01/23/2008 09:11PM
Re: Stuffing Boxes? Walter Schmidt 01/24/2008 02:54PM
Re: Stuffing Boxes? ROBERT M. 01/24/2008 09:50PM


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