How to Use Lignum Vitae Lumber

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Tip 1 - Lignum Vitae

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Marco Saris | permalink

For further reading: http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/lignum-vitae/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - How to Tell Genuine Lignum Vitae from Argentine Lignum Vitae

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Baruch Kraus | permalink

For further reading: http://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/how-to-tell-genuine-lignum-vitae-from-argentine-lignum-vitae/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - Lignum Vitae: Wood So Bad-Ass, It's Used to Make Shaft Bearings for Nuclear Submarines (and More)

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Mireille Jacobs | permalink

Lignum Vitae, Latin for "Tree of Life," is the national tree of the Bahamas. It's also the world's densest wood, and has such unusual properties that the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, has its aft main shaft strut bearings made out of the stuff. In addition to being...

For further reading: http://www.core77.com/posts/25224/Lignum-Vitae-Wood-So-Bad-Ass-Its-Used-to-Make-Shaft-Bearings-for-Nuclear-Submarines-and-More ^[3]