Jabrock was or is also the name of a fabric reinforced plastic composite which was used in the aircraft industry for jigs & tooling at the time of the Vickers Vicount aircraft. ----- Original Message ----- From: "alanjstepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 10:00 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Alternatives for sleepers Jarrah now OT Jabrock is a hard wood grown in the Philippines. Not too common now as so much of all woods there have been depleted. Lignum is, I believe, from a south American tree. As for wood for roads, I once came across the amount of wear on wooden roads in London, and added it to my website as the sort of trivia that might interest someone. alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.alanstepney.info Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway technical pages. ----- Original Message ----- From: <KJones9154@xxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 5:45 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Alternatives for sleepers Jarrah now OT In a message dated 21/11/2004 12:37:17 GMT Standard Time, alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Before the era of > bitumen roads, famous roads in cities such as London and Berlin were paved > with blocks of jarrah. > I have been interested in the discussions about Jarrah because my father, (who was an aircraft fitter in the 1940s) occaisionaly brought home blocks of a material which he called Jabrock. This material was made up of wooden laminations each about 1/16 inch thick and appeared to be available in thicknesses up to about 3 inches. It was very hard and surprisingly heavy for a product used in aircraft. Could this have been made from Jarrah?. Another thing which has always intriged me is - what does a lignum vitea tree look like?. Ken Jones, in dark but mild (11DegsC) Berkshire MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.