From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Mon Jul 25 2005 - 16:44:26 PDT
Go ahead Stu, tell ihm what you told me.
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
From: "david gudmunsen" <kroctec@btopenworld.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Troop Seat Wood
> Hi Stu
>
> Whilst Erik suggested the use of oak I would say that oak has a tendency
> to
> splintering. You might consider the use of Keruing [Dipterocarpus
> costulatus, Dipterocarpus sublamellatus, Dipterocarpus cornutus,
> Dipterocarpus warburgii, Dipterocarpus spp, Dipterocarpus crinitus,
> Dipterocarpus apterus, Dipterocarpus lowii, Dipterocarpus verrucosus,
> Dipterocarpus gracilis, Dipterocarpus acutangulus, Dipterocarpus
> grandiflorus AKA: yang, Malaysian keruing, Indonesian keruing, Sarawak
> keruing, kruen, apitong, Sabah gurjun] But for environmental reasons
> please
> try and find some used timber as it is an endagered species.
>
> Wenge (Millettia laurentii, Millettia stuhlmannii [AKA: panga panga,
> palissandre du Congo, dikela (Zaire)] would be a good choice and more
> readily available.
>
> Best regards from David Gudmunsen
>
> Contact me off list and I can tell you for ever about timbers.
>
> on 7/25/05 18:44, Stu at stuinnh@mvnut.us wrote:
>
>> Hi all!
>> What kind of wood are the CUCV troop seats made of? Any suggestions on
>> other materials to use?
>>
>> "Stu"
>> Southern NH, USA
>> "Live Free Or Die"
>>
>> MVPA #14790
>>
>> 1967 M151A1 Jeep 1964 M416 Trailer
>> 1985 M1008 CUCV Pickup
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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